Steve Gibbard writes on 11/3/2003 1:08 PM:
Uh... This appears to be a potential trademark law issue, except that I'm not aware of Merit or anybody else ever claiming NANOG as a trademark. Presumably, if this becomes a problem (somebody advertising alternate "NANOG" conferences, for example), Merit's lawyers can deal with it. This
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