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Posted by Arnie Goetchius on 08/22/05 18:49
Norman L. DeForest wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
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>>Dylan Parry wrote:
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>>>Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Michael Vilain scraped:
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>>>[Yellow Pages]
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>>>>that term is copyrighted.
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>>><pedant>Trademarked</pedant>
>>>
>>Well you are both incorrect. "Yellow Pages" is neither "Copyrighted" or
>>"Trademarked" in the US. Don't know about other countries.
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> ^^^^^^^^^
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>>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.
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>
> Quoting from my Aliant telephone book:
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> "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.
>
Last I heard, Canada is not part of the US.
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