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Subject:Re: PC as trademark/copyright From:Bill DuBay <bill_dubay -at- PHOENIX -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 30 Jun 1997 11:06:33 PDT
Personal computers were on the market some time before IBM came on the scene.
Apple had one in by 1980 or so, and there were a whole raft of Zilog and
Motorola-based machines running CPM and other OSs that were the predecessors
of IBM's DOS.
Bill DuBay
Technical Writer
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
email: bill_dubay -at- phoenix -dot- com
(714)790-2049 FAX: (714)790-2001 http://www.phoenix.com
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From: J. Shaw <Jack -dot- Shaw -at- SAGUS -dot- COM>, on 6/28/97 11:13 AM:
Take a look at IBM's list of trademarks. Embellished forms of
"PC" and "Personal Computer" are there, but not PC or Personal
Computer itself. IBM's list is at:
I believe IBM coined the term "Personal Computer" in the 8088 days,
but it quickly became "PC" in the trade press and then generic a la
Kleenex. If Apple and even Sinclair (!) have similar lists, I'd check
them too if you're uncertain...
Regards,
Jack Shaw
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