UNIX or Unix

[Stephen J. Friedl]

In article <7763 at alice.UUCP>, Dennis Ritchie writes:
< The Chicago Style manual advocates spelling trademarks with an
< initial cap.  Common usage prefers not to spell words, except
< acronyms or other abbreviations, in all caps.  The U word is
< a trademark and it is not an acronym.
< 
< Ownership of a trademark permits the owner to keep others from
< using that mark in trade.  It doesn't generally give the owner legal
< rights over permissible English usage.

I recall reading that the U.S. Trademark Office doesn't consider
case when registering a trademark, and I think this came up with
regard to Ashton-Tate's "dBase" trademark.

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