Looking in the 1991 version of the Word for Windows (TM) User's Guide,
"Word" is not listed on the page opposite the Table of Contents as
trademarked. In the text, "Word" is capitalized, but not trademarked, as are
"Windows (TM)" or "Microsoft (R)".
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Sharp [mailto:jss_at_subatomix.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:17 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Lawsuit over the use of Microsoft's "Word"?
On Thursday, November 21, 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> Has there ever been a lawsuit over Microsoft's trademark of the word
> "Word" for its word processor that anyone knows of?
I don't think they claim 'Word' as a trademark. Neither their web site, the
Word XP splash screen, nor the Word XP About dialog have a 'TM' or '(R)'
mark around 'Word', yet all three of these things do claim 'Microsoft' with
a '(R)'.
--
Jeffrey Sharp
Received on Fri Nov 22 2002 - 08:17:00 GMT