Re: Bake-off as trademark

Jeff Weisberg <jaw@Op.Net> Mon, 06 November 2000 22:50 UTC

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From: Jeff Weisberg <jaw@Op.Net>
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Subject: Re: Bake-off as trademark
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| > I've been approached regarding the use of the (claimed-to-be)
| > trademarked term bake-off. It would be helpful if somebody can provide
| > credible evidence that this term has been used within the technical
| > community for many years. (In case you didn't know,
| > http://www.bakeoff.com/ shows the non-technical use....)
| 
| RFC 1025, "TCP and IP Bake Off", J. Postel, September 1987.

IEN 160, "Internet Meeting Notes", J. Postel, Nov. 1980
	Section V. - "BAKE OFF SUMMARY"


	--jeff