From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 01:14:09 +0800
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: #E-CASH: PRODUCT OR SERVICE?
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Lucky Green writes:

: Furthermore, to the best of my knowledge, DigiCash's
: Ecash is the only ecash that I am aware of. The other "ecashs" lack various
: properties of cash, as previously explained by Bryce.

This pretty well proves that ``ecash'' is a generic term--even though if 
it is correct the genus at the moment includes only one element--and
thus that the trademark ``Ecash''--if that is what the trademark
is--is awfully weak.

--
Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
Internet:  junger@pdj2-ra.f-remote.cwru.edu    junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu