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from: Cherokee
date: 2002-12-18 20:55:42
subject: Re:OT: Copy right an Acronym?

Whoever thinks they own the acronym USO is going to have to fight with
lots of bigger fish than a little tradewars tourney...

The USO (United Service Organizations) is chartered by the Congress as
a non-profit charitable corporation

Also...
  
Ultra Stable Oscillator    
Unidentified Submarine Object    
Unique Sink Orientation    
Universal Service Obligation    
Universal Service Order    
Unix Software Organization  


--- Silver Dragon  wrote:
> 
> Today Mac from Fen got a 15 page letter stating that USO is a copy
> righted trademark of some other company. Understandable. Does anyone
> forsee the same issue if I typed it correctly as an acronym? like
> U.S.O? can people copy right acronyms? I mean there is a U.S.O tennis
> tourny as well as golf.
> Silver Dragon (Moderator U.S.O 2003)

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