Re: Additional URL

Kevin M. Randall (mailto:kmr@NWU.EDU)
Wed, 31 Jan 1996 14:50:49 -0600

Message-Id: <199601312056.OAA28005@library.wustl.edu>
Date:         Wed, 31 Jan 1996 14:50:49 -0600
From: "Kevin M. Randall" <mailto:kmr@NWU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Additional URL
To: Multiple recipients of list WEBCAT-L <mailto:WEBCAT-L@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>

At 01:42 PM 1/31/96 -0330, Charley Pennell wrote:

>Actually I believe SIRSI has copyright on the name WebCat, but perhaps
>they will view its use in this context as Kimberley-Clark views common
>usage of the word "Kleenex" or Coca-Cola Corporation the use of "coke".
>The University of Waterloo also has a web-based catalogue (written by an
>engineering student to run against their Geac 9000 catalogue of all
>things) called Webcat.

In the first line, did you perhaps mean to say "...WebCat, *and* perhaps..."? As written, the sentence seems to imply that Kimberley-Clark and Coca-Cola Corporation do not mind common generic use of their trademarks, which I find hard to believe.

Kevin M. Randall Head, Serials Cataloging Section Northwestern University Library Evanston, IL 60208-2300

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