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mccutchen on Aug 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hey, Bethesda Let’s settle this

I think Microsoft owns the trademark for the word "Windows".

http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualPrope...

teamonkey on Aug 17, 2011 [–]

For a long time they didn't own the trademark for Excel, having to call it "Microsoft Excel" in all official communication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel#Excel_2.0

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