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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Suing the Army first ? by Tolchz · 2003-06-23 12:47 · Score: 5, Interesting

From FM 24-19
Radio Operator's Handbook
http://155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm /24-19/Glo ss.htm

Glossary

proword procedure word

psi per square inch

PTT push-to-talk

pwr power

qty quantity