[87723] in Cypherpunks
Trademarking CypherSpace???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Sun Oct 5 22:36:38 1997
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:52:36 -0700
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, marcom@i-planet.com, kfong@ix.netcom.com
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: eric@sac.net
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Sigh. A company called I-Planet is trying to trademark the term=20
"Cypherspace", even though we've been using it for a couple of years
in the cypherpunk community. They're doing an IPSEC Virtual Private=
Network,
with friendly HTML administration; http://www.i-planet.com/P2cypherpb.html .
Looks like interesting stuff, and I wish them luck except in TMing the name=
:-)
I looked on AltaVista and HotBot, and the earliest reference I found
was from a 1994 article by Tim May. I'd be interested in finding any=
earlier refs.
There's also a line of comic books using the name, and a Java Applet
from 1996, plus references from I-Planet in late 96 and 97.
Anybody know if the term's been used in print in the dead-tree press?
http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/6095/assorted-short-pieces/may-police-state.txt=
05-Oct-94
http://www.pi.net/~mvheezik/cypher.html 20-Dec-96
http://infinity.nus.sg/cypherpunks/dir.archive-96.10.17-96.10.23/subject.htm=
l=20
pointing to David Lesher's article Alice in Cypherspace
http://www.insitecomp.com/webdev/java/javasites.htm 7-Dec-96 points to=
"Cypherspace",
a Java Application on a machine I don't seem to be able to reach right now.
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Introducing i-Planet's CypherSpace=99=20
As part of the i-Planet Solution=99 product family, CypherSpace=99 allows a
company to securely link all of its locations together over the Internet by=
creating a
Virtual Private Network (VPN). This represents an enormous cost savings
especially for multinational organizations.=20
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Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com
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