[Coco] Hey! They stole our beloved machine's nickname!

[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

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From: James Hrubik <jimhrubik at earthlink.net>
> Well, that brings up the question again.  Is there a trademark or  
> copyright registration on "CoCo"?  If not, the possibility exists  
> that WE could be forced to stop using the term.  Not too likely, with  
> the history behind it, but possible, and to defend our use, if push  
> came to shove, would require a willingness to respond in court.

If there ever was a trademark (I know damn well Tandy never registered one, but there might have been one registered for "Hot Coco" magazine), it has long expired due to lack of enforcement.

Hell, I avoided using the term for two decades, considered it almost as disrespectful as "Trash-80".  It still takes me an effort to abbreviate Color Computer.

> On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> > On Friday 30 March 2007, Fedor Steeman wrote:
> >> This is SO not a CoCo:  http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/coco/
> >>
> >> They even mention a CoCo2 and a CoCo3! HOW DARE THEY!!
> >>
> >> Greetz,
> >> Fedor
> >
> > Not to mention the ultimate insult, it runs on winderz.

Nah, the _ultimate_ insult would be running an OS-9 development environment and/or emulator under OS/2.
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Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net

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