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from: SLG
date: 2002-12-19 00:16:48
subject: Re:OT: Copy right an Acronym?

do any of these companies refer to themselves's as uso? or does it make a 
difference?

At 08:55 PM 12/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>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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