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Apple Sued Over Unix Trademark

Posted by simoniker on from the god-sued-over-apple-trademark dept.

Jerrry writes "CNET News reports The Open Group is suing Apple over unlicensed use of the Unix trademark, after Apple used the term in conjunction with its Mac OS X marketing. Apple, meanwhile, is countersuing to have the Unix trademark declared invalid because the term has become generic."

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  1. What a waste by Zarxos · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In my opinion, all these lawsuits and accusations have just become pointless and ridiculous. So Apple used the Unix trademark while marketing OS X! Who cares? I've never even heard of the Open Group. What business do they have suing Apple? If anyone is suing Apple it should be IBM or SCO or whoever really owns Unix.

  2. Re:Go, go, Apple, go! by russotto · · Score: 2, Redundant

    If Apple wins, GNU can say "GNU's Now Unix". (For the record, I think Apple's dead-on here. Unix has become a generic term)

  3. Re:Poorly Reported: Here's T.O.G's current list by maggard · · Score: 1, Redundant
    From The Open Group's own website:
    Platform Vendors Supporting the Single UNIX Specification:

    Acer; Amdahl; Apple; AT&T GIS; Bull; Convex; Cray; Data General; Compaq; Encore; 88 Open; Fuji Xerox; Fujitsu Ossi; Hal; Hewlett-Packard; Hitachi; IBM; ICL; Matsushita; Mips ABI; Mitsubishi; Motorola; NEC; Novell/USL; Oki; Olivetti; OSF; PowerOpen; Precision RISC; Pyramid; SCO; Sequent; Sequoia; Sharp; Siemens-Nixdorf; Silicon Graphics; Sony; Sparc International; Stratus; Sun Microsystems; Tadpole; Tandem; Thompson/Cetia; Toshiba; Unisys; Wang Labs.

    Here's also a report from May '01 questioning MacOS X's certification as Unix and at the bottom is an update noting:

    Since osOpinion's publishing of this piece, the Open Group has updated their web site to include Apple into its list of vendors that support the single Unix specification. This appears likely as a direct result to osOpinion's publishing of the report.
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    I don't read ACs: If a post isn't worth so much as a nom de plume to its author then I wont bother either.
  4. So why is The Open Group *still* listing Apple? by maggard · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Left hand, meet right hand...

    From The Open Group's own website:

    Platform Vendors Supporting the Single UNIX Specification:

    Acer; Amdahl; Apple; AT&T GIS; Bull; Convex; Cray; Data General; Compaq; Encore; 88 Open; Fuji Xerox; Fujitsu Ossi; Hal; Hewlett-Packard; Hitachi; IBM; ICL; Matsushita; Mips ABI; Mitsubishi; Motorola; NEC; Novell/USL; Oki; Olivetti; OSF; PowerOpen; Precision RISC; Pyramid; SCO; Sequent; Sequoia; Sharp; Siemens-Nixdorf; Silicon Graphics; Sony; Sparc International; Stratus; Sun Microsystems; Tadpole; Tandem; Thompson/Cetia; Toshiba; Unisys; Wang Labs.

    Here's also an osOpinion piece from May '01 questioning MacOS X's certification as Unix and at the bottom is an update noting:

    Since osOpinion's publishing of this piece, the Open Group has updated their web site to include Apple into its list of vendors that support the single Unix specification.
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    I don't read ACs: If a post isn't worth so much as a nom de plume to its author then I wont bother either.