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r...@fc.hp.com (Ray Depew) writes:
> Brenda Bass wrote:
>
> : >	  compact
> : >	  d i s c
>
> : Uh, Dan... FWIW, my CD-ROM drive has no logo on it.  Nothing
> : at all identifies it as a CD-ROM.
>
> (Serious here)  It really doesn't?  Paging Terry Carroll!  I've seen
> the logo that Dan mentioned on every -- well, I guess every -- CD player
> or CD-ROM drive I've ever seen.  The distinctive logo ignores brand names,
> et cetera.  If it chews on a CD, it has that logo on it.  I thought there
> was some legal connection between the hardware and the logo, like
> trademarking or something.
>
> When are you allowed/required to display the distinctive logo?
> When are you not forbidden/excused from displaying it?
> Does Brenda just have a stealth CD-ROM drive?

"Compact disc" will be a Philips trade mark, as they invented CDs.
While the patents last every manufacturer in the world will have to pay
them a royalty and acknowledge them by showing the compact disc logo.

This was also true of "compact cassette" (the bog standard audio
cassette) which was also invented by Philips (the Dutch electronics
company). Until about 10 years ago, every audio cassette you bought
would have had their compact cassette logo printed on it.

-Shez.
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