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echo: ms_word
to: MARK MADRONIO
from: LAWRENCE KELLIE
date: 1997-03-07 04:49:00
subject: For what it is worth...

 > From what I gathered, as long as the name is not made purely of
 > numbers, it
 > can be trademarked (7up, 6x86, i486). Previously, the Intel chips
 > were called
 > by their numbers but Intel started putting an "i" in front of "486"
 > and Cyrix
 > put an "x" in "686" to avoid the copyright problem.
                                    ^^^^^^^^^
Not copyright.  Trademark.
 > ... Okay, okay - right after this one we're BACK to the TOPIC!
As your tagline says.....
        Lawrence,
        Moderator, MS_WORD
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