At 05:12 PM 4/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Richard J. Sexton a écrit:
>
>> I read that:
>>
>> ** The term "Internet" is still the subject of a proceeding at the
>> ** Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
>> ** Therefore, this term should not be used in identifying any
>> ** goods or services connected with a
>> ** global computer information network. Language such
>> ** as "global computer information network"
>> ** or a substantive equivalent should be used
>> ** instead of the term "Internet."
>
>This is no more or less than thought and speech control. Orwell's
>1984 happening fifteen years later. But no one can stop me or you
>from using the word "internet". It's a descrptive term, like
>'telephone' or 'radio'. The best way to deal with that sort of
>fascism directed at people's minds is to ignore it and let the
>perpetrators of it try to sue the ten million people who pay no
>attention to them.
Not really. It is advice on how to identify goods and services to the
USPTO on which one hopes to get a trademark or service mark
registration; it has nothing to do with every day commerce in words.
Bill Lovell
