M. McVey Lusk said:
> As much as I would like to believe the president was plugging AFFX
> in the State of the Union address, I'm sure he meant 'gene chip'
> generic, not 'GeneChip' AFFX.
Nevertheless, GeneChip(R) *IS* a REGISTERED US TRADEMARK (see the text
below [graphics aren't reproducible] which appears as a notice on the
Affymetrix, Inc., home web page). And any company legal department
worth its salt is going to tenaciously guard against ANY use of its
registered trademark as generic terminology, even if it's the US
President using it in a State of the Union address. Regardless of the
intention, 'gene chip' legally means 'the Affymetrix GeneChip(R)
System'.
-- Doctor Goodhybe
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"Affymetrix(R), GeneChip(R), and <green-triangle-gray-X-logo>(R)
are U.S. registered trademarks used by Affymetrix, Inc.
<double-helix-merged-to-array-seq-logo>(TM) and
<outline-of-cartridge-logo>(TM) are U.S. trademarks
used by Affymetrix, Inc."
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