Re: UNIX or Unix?

Subject: Re: UNIX or Unix?
From: Hanna Nelson <hanna -at- HOLYCOW -dot- PORTLAND -dot- OR -dot- US>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 15:55:21 -0800

On Oct 31, 11:02am, Mark Levinson wrote:
> UNIX is a trademark. I believe its ownership passed from Bell Labs to
> Novell and more recently to someone else (the Santa Cruz Organization)?

the license was passed to SCO in September,
however the (registered) trademark remains with X/Open Company Limited
(i checked with our Legal department).

On Oct 31, 9:56am, Richard Dimock wrote:
> You leave your company wide open for lawsuit if you use anything but

> UNIX. UNIX UNIX UNIX UNIX UNIX UNIX

yep.
and first instance should be UNIX(R).


On Oct 31, 1:10pm, Robert Crews wrote:

> UNIX is a trademark registered in the United States and other
> countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd.

we use much the same note in our copyright pages:

UNIX is a registered trademark in the USA and other countries,
licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.


hanna (aka hannan -at- sco -dot- com)
Staff Developmental Editor
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.

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