Re: #E-CASH: PRODUCT OR SERVICE?

At 20:19 7/16/96, Stig wrote:

>Perhaps this has already been voiced on the main list (I get a filtered
>helping or two of cypherpunks), but *I'm* surprised that such a generic name
>as 'Ecash' was granted trademark status anywhere.
>
>It's like giving Microsoft a trademark on the term 'Email'...  It's nuts!
>Was the term ecash not in use before DigiCash showed up on the scene?

No that I am aware of. Furthermore, to the best of my knowledge, DigiCash's
Ecash is the only ecash that I am aware of. The other "ecashs" lack various
properties of cash, as previously explained by Bryce.



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Lucky Green writes:

: Furthermore, to the best of my knowledge, DigiCash's
: Ecash is the only ecash that I am aware of. The other "ecashs" lack various
: properties of cash, as previously explained by Bryce.

This pretty well proves that ``ecash'' is a generic term--even though if 
it is correct the genus at the moment includes only one element--and
thus that the trademark ``Ecash''--if that is what the trademark
is--is awfully weak.

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