[SpamCop-List] Re: OT - Microsft has patent on apple??

[Tim McGraw]

Blammo wrote:
> On 06 May 2004 Tim McGraw entered spamcop and left
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>>Blammo wrote:
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>>>That's exactly what they said when they tried to patent Windows!
>>
>>They actually tried to register the word "Windows" as a trademark,
>>which was refused because it had already been a term of art for 10+
>>years. 
> 
> I was making a small joke in reference to Apple suing Microsoft.

I know, but they didn't try to patent windows. They tried to copyright 
the name.