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Date: Wed,  9 Nov 2005 06:37:42 +1100
From: Crossfire <xfire-9fans@xware.cx>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] "Plan 9 Linux"
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Russ Cox was once rumoured to have said:
> > Wow.  At first I thought this was Linux with some Plan 9-like
> > extensions, but now it appears that this guy merely took the Plan 9 name
> > and slapped it on his distro because it sounds cool.  I assume somebody
> > will be emailing him to stop?
> 
> I emailed him.  We'll see what happens.  For those who are curious,
> Plan 9 really is a registered trademark of Bell Labs:
> http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=registration&entry=2065577&action=Request+Status

That logo he uses next to 'plan9' is also a registered trademark of
Canonincal (the company that 'owns' ubuntu).
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=j0fv6t.6.5

C.