Damon Hopkins wrote:
>> ..........
>Hey in the domain name OpenPic the "Pic" stands for "Programable
>Interfacing Controller" it's just an acronym  besides I quote their web
>page
><BLOCKQUOTE>
>The Microchip name and logo, PIC, PICmicro, PICMASTER, PRO MATE,
>PICSTART, Envoy, KEELOQ, SEEVAL, PICSEE, TrueGauge and the Embedded
>Control Solutions Company are registered trademarks of Microchip
>Technology Inc. in the USA and other countries. SQTP is a servicemark of
>Microchip Technology Inc. in the USA and other countries. FlexROM,
>fuzzyLAB, ICSP,

In-Circuit Serial Programming,

MPLAB, Now Design It,
>QuickASIC, Smart Serial, Total Endurance, UniMouse and XPressROM are
>trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. in the USA and other countries.
>Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other
>trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
></BLOCKQUOTE>
>
>NO where on there do I see OpenPic.. PIC, PICmicro yeah sure but not
>OpenPic.
>

Hopefully, all will be ok. No doubt Mchp has not "trademarked"
OpenPic, but AFAIrecall, someone else got in trouble recently by
having "PIC" or "pic" inserted in one of their product names. I
think that was a programmer in direct competition with Mchp's
own h.w. Hopefully, they won't see openpic as a threat to their
s.w. business.

[Note - I am not a lawyer, nor do I habitually associate nor play
golf with any - but I figured it was worth mentioning this].
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Interesting, as indicated above, they have trademarked "In-Circuit
Serial Programming". I wonder if they have patented it, too? There
are something like 40,000 s.w. patents granted each year. I believe
IBM actually patented the do-loop once. PAtent office is apparently
full of people who are clueless as to "prior art".

- DanM