[ILUG] ilug.ie anyone

[Dermot O'Dwyer]

If two groups have the same right to a name it's on a first come first 
served basis.

From:           	Paul McCourt <pmccourt at marrakech.com>
To:             	ilug at linux.ie
Subject:        	RE: [ILUG] ilug.ie anyone
Date sent:      	Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:17:55 +0100 

> 
> Heres one.
> 
> What happens if a 'rival' or as the Northern Irish and Skynews press like to
> call it 'splinter' user group starts up, surely they have as much right to
> the domain as yourselves!!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Airlie [mailto:David.Airlie at ul.ie]
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 9:25 PM
> To: David O'Callaghan
> Cc: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] ilug.ie anyone
> 
> 
> > And how did we/they manage to get linux.ie in the first place?
> > Doesn't that count as a "generic name"?
> 
> It's a trademarked name, so we asked the trademark holder (Linus) for
> permission to use it, and once gotten we were allowed register it ...
> 
> Dave.
> 
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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