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Re: 970709: Is netCDF a trademark?

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  • Subject: Re: 970709: Is netCDF a trademark?
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:46:44 -0600
>To: address@hidden
>From: address@hidden
>Subject: Is netCDF a trademark?
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>Keywords: 199707100518.XAA27042

Hi David,

> I am writing a manual which mentions netCDF.
> 
> Please tell me:
> 
> 1. Is it a trademark?

Not formally, although we have been using the term continuously in
publications and software distributions since 1988, and I'm certain we
have rights to it as a trademark arising from actual use.  But Unidata
is not a business and hence we have never bothered to claim netCDF as a
trademark.

> 2. Is it a registered trademark?

Definitely not.

> 3. If it is a trademark, who is the owner of the name?

If it were a trademark, it would be owned by the University Corporation
for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado (UCAR).

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu