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From:	Shaw Terwilliger <twig AT babba DOT advancenet DOT net>
Message-Id:	<199804210002.TAA26914@babba.advancenet.net>
Subject:	Re: PGCC is a registered trademark of The Portland Group, Inc.
To:	sheril AT pgroup DOT com (Sheri Liddell)
Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 1998 19:02:57 -0500 (CDT)
Cc:	beastium-list AT Desk DOT nl
In-Reply-To:	<353BE608.3CFB@pgroup.com> from "Sheri Liddell" at Apr 20, 98 04:19:20 pm
Sender:	Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
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I'm wondering how long this acronymn has been in use, for
both products.  Do Marc and the PGCC people have any reason 
to dispute this trademark based on a pre-existing usage?  
Kinda like the Linux trademark thing, which was overturned 
when it was proven to a judge that the term had been in use
long before the person who claimed to have "invented" it?

I'm kinda fuzzy on the legalities here (as I'm a software 
developer and not a lawyer), but could a free piece of 
software exist peacefully with commercial software while
sharing names?  I can't see how calling the Pentium GNU C 
Compiler "PGCC" would cause the Portland people to lose 
any market share.

-Shaw Terwilliger (twig AT advancenet DOT net)

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