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[Paul Jones <pjones AT metalab.unc.edu>]

This is not about copyright but about trademark. Once a trademark is 
awarded it must be defended vigorously or it could be lost. Kleenex and 
Xerox have been mentioned in earlier posts as examples. MSN calls their 
product "MSN Messenger" when last I looked (and more recently .NET 
Messenger). To make AOL happy, you need only remove the word "Instant" 
whereever it is used to describe a product that is not "AOL Instant 
Messenger" This would avoid the product confusion that the seek to clear 
up.
Do that and everyone is happy (except possibly you) as now you would be 
accurately describing the MSN product and not confusing it with the AOL 
one.
But if what I am reading at the link below from the PTO is up to date and 
accurate, you need not do anything.


On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Josep L. Guallar-Esteve wrote:

+On Thursday 20 March 2003 11:05 am, Paul Jones wrote:
+> I would have agreed with Gina (and did as my note telling Josep just to
+> remove the word "Instant" which would have made his pages compliant to the
+> AOL request and actually describe the product that he is talking about on
+> his pages) -- until I read this:
+> http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75497543
+> (thanks to whoever on this list looked that up.
+
+And this means...?
+
+I'm not clear wether this says they have a copyright or they do not. 
+
+
+Regards,
+Josep
+

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