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Paul Kinnucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> At 11:49 AM 7/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>
> Paul,
> Accoring to [1]http://tess.uspto.gov JD Edwards filed for the
> Trademark on August 17, 1999. You've been using JDE for much
> longer than that. There may be something that allows you to keep
> using the acronym since you had it first.
>
> Hi Don,
> Thanks for tracking this down.
> Even if they have no right to the trademark, I don't have the time or
> the resources to contest their usage.
> I have decided to use the acronym, JDEE, for the time being at least
> because it requires the least amount of effort for me to change.
Paul... JDEE won't work. They can sue you for this too because it has JDE in
its title. :(
> The concern thought is that this kind of bullying can be used to
> stifle free software. The only recourse for freeware authors may be to
> file for trademarks as self-defense. However, most of us don't have
> the time or the money to go through the trademark process.
> - Paul
Kevin
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