> > DEC was very keen on its OEM business and if the order was big enough would > > allow some variation in > > colours but would not allow the dec logo to be removed or changed.
> I’m not sure if that’s completely true. I remember a PDP11 (11/45 probably) > at the University of Illinois, around I am pretty sure I once saw a PDP8/e which was absolutely normal internally, but where the front panel was green (as were the switch handles) and it was badged 'Varian'. I don't remember a Digital logo on the front anywhere. > Not allowing the logo to be changed would make sense, since that is one of > the rules of trademarks: you risk > losing a trademark if you don’t use it consistently, for example if you > create or allow variations of what was > registered. IANAL (and it may well be country-dependant) but wouldn't this imply that badge-engineered devices coudl result in loss of trademarks. -tony
