metadata?

[Peter A. McGraw]

Does the prior generic existence of a word preclude registering it as a
trademark and thus reserving it for that purpose from then on?

Peter

--On Thu, Jun 1, 2000 3:02 AM +0000 Joseph McCollum <prez234 at JUNO.COM>
wrote:

> I think this claim has been decided as frivolous (or it ought to be).  In
> any case, I would like to know if "metadata" existed as a generic word
> before 1986 (when the trademark was issued)...My colleagues are sure that
> it did, but maybe Barry P. or others could confirm it.
> ------
>
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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu