What's in a name?

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> The Wall St. Journal reported yesterday that Microsoft doesn't own the
>trademark "Internet Explorer."
> SyNet Inc. apparently owns it with Microsoft now claiming that the term
>is a "generic description" of a web
> browser.

Ok, so I'm confused. Internet Explorer is a generic description, but
Windows isn't?

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<color><param>0000,00D7,0000</param>> The Wall St. Journal reported
yesterday that Microsoft doesn't own the trademark "Internet
Explorer."

> SyNet Inc. apparently owns it with Microsoft now claiming that the
term is a "generic description" of a web

> browser. 



</color>Ok, so I'm confused. Internet Explorer is a generic
description, but Windows isn't?



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