Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread hb9dco
--As I found out from their legal department 25+ years ago, -- Walkie-Talkie is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc. -- which they protect vigorously as much as they can. (I had -- discovered that phrase in some pending legislation and asked -- about it.) Oh, I didn't know...Thank

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread Randy Farmer
About ten years ago, Nextel was selling Motorola iDEN two-way technology as a cellular telephone substitute and tried to trademark Push To Talk. Nextel was eventually absorbed by Sprint. I see now PTT is a term commonly used in the cellular industry, but I don't think anyone is trying to claim

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
That's an ongoing problem for companies everywhere, but I'm sure you know that it's nothing to get worried about in casual communications. In Germany is the home of a company whose name was often used in place of radio by the people there for many years: Telefunken. Elsewhere, including in the

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread Rick Commo
: Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing... --As I found out from their legal department 25+ years ago, -- Walkie-Talkie is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc. -- which they protect vigorously as much as they can. (I had -- discovered that phrase in some pending legislation and asked

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Just not a World-Wide Walkie-Talkie (WWWT)- that is also registered, but not by Motorola :-) Ron AC7AC -Original Message- Hmmm... Given Elecraft rigs are such good CW rigs should we call the KX3 a Walkie-Keyie? ;-) __

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread Phil Kane
On 6/26/2011 2:31 PM, Randy Farmer wrote: About ten years ago, Nextel was selling Motorola iDEN two-way technology as a cellular telephone substitute and tried to trademark Push To Talk. Nextel was eventually absorbed by Sprint. I see now PTT is a term commonly used in the cellular industry,

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread John Cooper
I think Verizon has a patent or trademark on push to talk -Original Message- From: Randy Farmer Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 4:31 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing... About ten years ago, Nextel was selling Motorola iDEN two-way technology

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-26 Thread John Cooper
sorry its nextel that’s got dibs -Original Message- From: John Cooper Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 7:47 PM To: Randy Farmer ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing... I think Verizon has a patent or trademark on push to talk -Original Message

[Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-25 Thread hb9dco
Just four hours ago, I met Eric at Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen... I played a little with KX-3...a lot of people around, hi Everybody was surprised, when I asked for Walkie-Talkie style...Wayne i saying hand-held... Eric, gentleman like, grabbed out an electret microphone, and plugged in...

Re: [Elecraft] It's really amazing...

2011-06-25 Thread Phil Kane
On 6/25/2011 1:31 PM, hb9dco wrote: Just four hours ago, I met Eric at Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen... I played a little with KX-3...a lot of people around, hi Everybody was surprised, when I asked for Walkie-Talkie style...Wayne i saying hand-held... As I found out from their legal