Having listened to ANSI X9F.1 and IEEE P1363 working groups argue for years
about naming/renaming nearly to the point of absurdity,
I thought I would point out what RSA's lawyers said on the record about the
name:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1363/P1363/letters/SecurityDynamics.jpg
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1363/P1363/letters/SecurityDynamics2.jpg
-John Kennedy
(The usual disclaimers apply...)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: names to say in late september
> From: Rodney Thayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Many companies trade mark their company name. I've heard the
> term 'rsa' pre-dates the company, so I assume they didn't do
> that. I don't see it on the web site.
>
Trademarking the company name and trademarking the algorithm name is
different.
It seems RSA (the company) has trademarked RSA (the algorithm), although
recently.
>From <www.uspto.gov> (there may be more RSA algorithm trademarks, these are
just the first two I came across:
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Word Mark: RSA
<snip>
