From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 15:30:45 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "E-Money" is trademarked
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At 5:54 AM 2/24/96, Jim Miller wrote:
>FYI, I learned tonight that Electronic Funds Clearinghouse, Inc., holds
>the trademark "E-Money" which is licensed to E-Money, Inc. a Delaware
>
>Corporation.  See the Web page http://www.efunds.com
>
>I guess I will have to rename my E-Money mini-FAQ.

I guess we're left with "D-marks" (D for digital...).

I can only hope that someone soon trademarks the stupid "e$" and thus
enjoins the rest of us from using it.

(On a serious note, yet another example that the American copyrighting and
patenting engine is overrevving.)

--Tim

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