Re: Hit: Xerox, xerox

[Ken Umbach <kumbach@UNLIMITED.NET>]

The difference is, the Xerox Corporation WILL send a lawyer to chat with
people who misuse their trademark (and, if need be, will sue to protect
their intellectual property).  No lawyers visit users of "ain't."  The
dictionary is reporting usage, not ratifying it.  Some, however, are more
meticulous than others about trademarks.

Seeya ...

Ken

At 12:58 PM 8/28/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Several folks said unequivocably that Xerox is a registered trademark.
>Do not use it as a verb. Use it only when referring to Xerox specific
>equipment, etc.
>
>However, it does appear:
>In the Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary , c1996, it states:
> "v.t, v.i. 3. (sometimes l.c.) to print or reproduce by
>xerography."
>
>AND I found it on-line in a Webster's dictionary as a noun and a verb.
>
>Guess it's like the word "ain't" - once it's in the dictionary - it must
>be OK!
...
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