At 09:26 PM 07/13/97 -0400, Jamie Rishaw wrote:

If I remember correctly, NSI does *NOT* own the name "InterNIC" nor does it own www.internic.net .

I forget where I heard it from, but I know it was a NSI employee.

There is a US federal trademark registration for "internic", and it is owned by AT&T. DIALOG(R)File 226:TRADEMARKSCAN(R)-US FED (c) 1997 Thomson & Thomson. All rts. reserv. 04402035 INTERNIC INTL CLASS: 35 (Advertising & Business Services) T&T INTL CLASS: 16 (Paper Goods & Printed Matter) 42 (Miscellaneous Service Marks) 38 (Communications Services) U.S. CLASS: 101 (Advertising & Business Services) T&T U.S. CLASS: 38 (Prints & Publications) 100 (Miscellaneous Service Marks) 104 (Communications Services) STATUS: Registered; Intent to Use - Application GOODS/SERVICES: COMPUTER SERVICES; NAMELY, PROVIDING INFORMATION VIA COMPUTER ABOUT THE GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS TO NETWORK USERS; COMPUTER SERVICES; NAMELY, INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL IN THE FIELDS OF COMPUTING CENTERS, NETWORK PROVIDERS, INFORMATION SERVERS, TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES, LIBRARY CATALOGS, DATA AND SOFTWARE ARCHIVES, TRAINING SERVICES AND THE LIKE SERIAL NO.: 74-402,035 REG. NO.: 1,874,125 REGISTERED: January 17, 1995 FIRST USE: April 1, 1993 (Intl Class 35) FIRST COMMERCE: April 1, 1993 (Intl Class 35) FILED: June 11, 1993 PUBLISHED: October 25, 1994 ORIGINAL APPLICANT: AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (New York Corporation), 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY (New York), 10013, USA (United States of America) OWNER AT PUBLICATION: AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (New York Corporation), 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY (New York), 10013, USA (United States of America) ASSIGNEE(S): AT&T CORP. (New York Corporation), 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICASNEW YORK, NY 10013 Assignor(s): AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (New York Corporation) Reel/Frame: 1196/0001 Recorded: June 6, 1994 Brief: CHANGE OF NAME EFFECTIVE 4-20-94 SEE RECORD FOR DETAILS FILING CORRESPONDENT: R. A. RYAN, 131 MORRISTOWN ROAD, BASKING RIDGE, NJ 07920-1650