On 9/16/05, Mark Pellegrini mapellegrini@comcast.net wrote:
For those who are unaware, there was recently a high profile (and, IMO, very shady) attempt in Australia to trademark the term Linux. In order to receive a trademark, the applicants had to demonstrate the term Linux is generic.
Actually that should be non-generic. A generic term--one that is not commonly associated with a particular brand--cannot be trademarked..