crourk(at)AKINGUMP(dot)COM (Rourk, Chris) wrote on 11.01.02 in <8552BC2B2F1FD311B33D00508B0CCBE104194C04(at)AGDLEX01>:
> like DEBIAN can be generic, though - ASPIRIN used to be a mark owned by
> Bayer for acetylsalicylic acid, but they let it become the generic term for
> that compound. Now, nobody has trademark rights to ASPIRIN.>
Actually, Bayer tells me on every package that Aspirin is a registered
trademark. Just to remind everyone that it's a large world.
MfG Kai