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Re: Bake-off as trademark

Bob Braden <braden@ISI.EDU> Mon, 06 November 2000 21:50 UTC

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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....)
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  *> Thank you.
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  *> Henning Schulzrinne   http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs
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Henning,

Please see RFC 1025 from Sept 1987, or IEN 160 (online at
the RFC Editor web site) for a November 1980 bake off.
Is this 20 years ago early enough?

Bob Braden

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