Maybe it's old news, but if not, you guys and gals have to see this.

Beginning of excerpt.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswi...tr1006950.html

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

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nextel Communications Inc. said Friday it would use
trademark law to stop emerging rivals of its 10-year-old walkie-talkie service
from using the term "push-to-talk" to describe their products.

But lawyers said Nextel, the No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone company and so far
the only one to offer a feature on a phone that allows customers to talk at
the push of a button, could face an uphill battle to protect the term.

"You can't use trademark law to remove words from the dictionary and prevent
their ordinary use," said Steven Bauer, a partner in the intellectual property
group at Boston law firm Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault.

End of excerpt.

I guess I'll need to scrape PTT of of my Yaesu VX-5R. I hope I don't damage
too much plastic.

Does Nextel employee anyone with a brain?

Regards.

Never say never.
Nothing is absolute.

Pardon me, my slippage is showing.

"Does Nextel EMPLOY anyone with a brain"?

A Jungian slip. (pardon the pun)

Regards.


In article , Its (The
Dawn Soliloquy) wrote:

Does Nextel employee anyone with a brain?

Never say never.
Nothing is absolute.

Its (The Dawn Soliloquy) wrote in message
...
Maybe it's old news, but if not, you guys and gals have to see this.

Beginning of excerpt.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswi...tr1006950.html



http://www.despair.com/demotivators/frownonthis.html

Frank Dresser

"Llgpt" wrote in message
...


One thing is certain, there never has been, nor will there be a shortage
of
idiots. This case has even less of a chance than Fox News which learned a
hard
lesson yesterday.........Fair and Balanced my ass!!! That is pretty much
what
Al Franken thought as his book shot to no.1!!!!!


Les Locklear
Gulfport, Ms.

Dr. E.L. Kersten put it well:

http://www.despair.com/idiocy.html

Frank Dresser

:-(®

It will take a little getting used to. Somehow, it's just not the same.

LOL

Regards.


In article ,
"Frank Dresser" wrote:

Its (The Dawn Soliloquy) wrote in message
...
Maybe it's old news, but if not, you guys and gals have to see this.

Beginning of excerpt.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswi...tr1006950.html



http://www.despair.com/demotivators/frownonthis.html

Frank Dresser



Never say never.
Nothing is absolute.

Now, the burning question....
will they register their trademark on "on-off" and "volume"

LOL, ROTFL. Great post.



While looking to verify that ROTFL was the preferred mnemonic for "roll on the
floor laughing", I found this amusing page.

http://www.rotfl.com/irc-addict/

In article ,
(radiok3pi) wrote:
Now, the burning question....
will they register their trademark on "on-off" and "volume"

Never say never.
Nothing is absolute.