[TUHS] The Case of UNIX vs. The UNIX System

[Rob Pike]

The adjective story is neither a fact nor a law codified by statute. It is
just one approach lawyers use to try to prevent trademarks becoming
generic. There are others.

Also, I probably left some ™ markers out of the coinage I quoted.

-rob


On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM Ron Natalie <ron at ronnatalie.com> wrote:

> *The lawyers insisted that Unix be upper case and only used as an
> adjective.*
>
> That is required for trademarks.   A trademark has to be an adjective
> describing a generic noun.
>
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