On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 10:28:58AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > Dualpoint (tm) is a trademark of ALPS, > > > > Interesting... Dell DualPoint is the way the pointing devices are > > described in that notebook's documentation, and I remember all the way > > from back when I purchased the notebook: I really wanted the two > > pointing devices. If you search the web for Dell Inspiron 8000 > > DualPoint, you'll get a number of hits referring to `Dell's DualPoint > > technology'. I don't see them referred to as DualPoint(TM), but I > > vaguely remember having seen something like that in Dell's web site > > back then. > > > > Maybe ALPS bought the trademark from Dell, or Dell hadn't actually > > registered the trademark, or they somehow managed to get the > > trademarks registered with a case difference (DualPoint vs Dualpoint)? > > > > I am not sure but on this page ALPS states that they have trademark on > DualPoint (TM): > > http://www3.alps.co.jp/cgi-bin/WebObjects/catalog.woa/wa/varietyList?language=english&country=com&top_mode=2003&productId=11&varietyId=3 Maybe that's why IBM calls their Synaptics touchpad + IBM touchpoint solution "IBM UltrNav(tm)"? ;)
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