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Apple Dislikes the MAC in MAC Addresses

Posted in Computers & Technology, Law by Elliott Back on March 27th, 2005.

Apple Corporation pulled ads with the term MAC, even though the MAC was referring to “Media Access Control” and not “Apple Macintosh.” What I’m wondering: MAC came about as part of networking specifications long before Apple Macintoshes existed. Can a later trademark overcome a pre-existing technical term?

I wonder what this means for eMacs…. the popular text editor.

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One Response to 'Apple Dislikes the MAC in MAC Addresses'

  1. shab00ty said:

    on March 30th, 2005 at 7:04 pm

    what about big macs
    or bernie mac
    :)
    YOU TELL ME, HOMIE!

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