Nextel Claims Trademarks On "Push To Talk" and "PTT"

Posted by timothy on Monday June 23, 2003 @12:39PM from the down-with-ptt dept.

dmurawsky writes "According to an article at Forbes, Nextel announced that it had been awarded a primary trademark for the term 'PTT' and a Secondary trademark for 'Push To Talk.' Now maybe it's just me, but this term has been used in the radio world for around 60 years. I would have thought it was in the public domain by now. I wonder how Motorola or other radio manufacturers are going to take this. Here's a discussion of the topic at QRZ, an amateur radio forum." Update: 06/24 01:03 GMT by T : Thanks to reader Dan Horn for pointing out the flubbed original headline: Yes, this is about trademarks, rather than patents.

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Speaking of which... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-23 12:45 · Score: -1, Troll

How about a good ol' nigger work song?

When you was slaves, you sang like birds!
Nextel by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-23 13:21 · Score: -1, Troll

sucks shit. 'nuff said