Message-Id: <199808291214.IAA20631@central.linux.org>
From: "Michael McLagan" <Michael.McLagan@linux.org>
To: "Clemmitt Sigler" <siglercm@alphamb2.phys.vt.edu>,
        "Jeff Licquia" <jeff@luci.org>
Cc: "pmitros@mit.edu" <pmitros@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 08:14:26 -0400
Subject: Re: LSA Site

>As a follow-up to all concerned, I'd like to quote the exact words Michael
>McLagan used in his e-mail to me:
>
>"The same lawyer that took the case for Linus and LI gave me the advice I
>stated on those pages.  Infact I hired him to handle a small trademark
>issue for me.  Had I not had confidence in his advice, I would not have
>posted my comments regarding the legitimacy of the trademark.  I still
>believe, despite having followig Linus personal request, that the mark is
>invalid."
>
>There can be no misinterpretation of these words.  McLagan said that
>the above mentioned G. Gervaise Davis had been hired by him, and had
>also given him the advice that the Linux (R) mark was invalid.  Does
>anyone have an e-mail address or other contact information for Mr.
>Davis?  I would be happy to talk to him to try and verify what Mr.
>McLagan told me in his e-mail.

As a matter of fact, you are misinterpreting them.  I did not say that Mr. 
Davis advised me the Linux mark was invalid.  He *DID* advise me that as the 
holder of an unrelated trademark, I was required by law to vigorously defend 
it.  He made it clear that if I didn't take the steps to defend the 
infringement that he and I discussed, that the mark would lose it's protected 
status and become a generic term.

   Michael McLagan
   Linux Online