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Posted by Norman L. DeForest on 08/22/05 18:27
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
> Dylan Parry wrote:
>
> > Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Michael Vilain scraped:
> >
> > [Yellow Pages]
> >
> >> that term is copyrighted.
> >
> >
> > <pedant>Trademarked</pedant>
> >
>
> Well you are both incorrect. "Yellow Pages" is neither "Copyrighted" or
> "Trademarked" in the US. Don't know about other countries.
^^^^^^^^^
>
> Having worked for AT&T Yellow Pages for better then 30 years (before
> retirement), I speak with authority. The term "Yellow Pages" was
> deliberately not trademarked to encourage the widest possible use of the
> term. That strategy worked very well while AT&T was a monopoly.
Quoting from my Aliant telephone book:
"Yellow Pages, YellowPages.ca and the Walking Fingers logo are
registered trademarks of Yellow Pages Group Co. in Canada, used
under license."
And superscript "TM" follows every other mention of the term "Yellow
Pages" in the telephone book.
Visit http://www.yellowpages.ca/ and see what they have to say about it.
--
``Why don't you find a more appropiate newsgroup to post this tripe into?
This is a meeting place for a totally differnt kind of "vision impairment".
Catch my drift?'' -- "jim" in alt.disability.blind.social regarding an
off-topic religious/political post, March 28, 2005
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