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IP: Comment from IBM on non trademark IBM'ers view
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 18:45:24 -0500
From: patrick () us ibm com X-Lotus-FromDomain: IBMUS To: farber () cis upenn edu Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 18:31:39 -0500 Subject: Re: IP: IBM'ers view Dave, please let people know this is not correct. IBM has not trademarked e-business. To the contrary we intentionally wanted anybody and everybody to use the term (as they have). The result was the creation of a new "category". Consultants are saying IBM is the leader in the new category. We did trademark the red "e@" symbol but not the name. ==================================================== John Patrick Vice President - Internet Technology, IBM Corporation Email: patrick () us ibm com Homepage and PGP public key at http://www.ibm.com/patrick ==================================================== farber/53:06 PM Please respond to farber () cis upenn edu To: ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com cc: (bcc: John Patrick/Somers/IBM) Subject: IP: IBM'ers view X-Sender: richard#goodread.com () mail samnet net Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:47:06 -0500 To: farber () cis upenn edu (David Farber) From: "Richard J. Solomon" <richard () goodread com> Subject: IBM'ers view
improvements such as ubiquitous e-mail, on-line chatting, Internet voice communication, distance-learning and better multicultural appreciation.
Every media invention has heralded the lowering of cultural frictions, and every one has caused new, unanticipated problems. Railroads, airplanes, telegraphs, radio, television were supposed to eliminate war. I could fill a book with quotes. Instantaneous borderless information.... Maybe this time? It's worth asking: what's wrong with this picture? Why can't we anticipate these things? Was the domain name/copyright/trademark conundrum so hard to imagine just 15 years ago when the Web was being promulgated? Here we have IBM trademarking "E-business?. Gimme a break... What are we ignoring now? Would anyone pay for a serious hard look? Richard Tel: 413-267-5171 Fax: 413-267-5172
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