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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN)
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Subject: Re: the Am386(tm) is cool!
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Date: 26 Mar 91 06:41:38 GMT
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tester@cmcl2.nyu.edu (L Testerville) writes:

>Sorry, even Intel can't trademark NUMBERS.  You possibly mean iAPX486,
>the 80486' official designation.

Not sure but I think they CAN do this within a specific context, e.g. for
CPU chips.  Which means someone can still use (and trademark) "486" for,
say, a hamburger restaurant chain.
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