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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by jsnathan on Friday July 15, 2016 @06:09PM (#12104156)
Anyone remember this?

> On February 20, 2004, the developers of wxWindows announced that the project was changing its name to wxWidgets, as a result of Microsoft requesting Julian Smart to respect Microsoft's United Kingdom trademark of the term Windows. [1]

That being said, I think if MS doesn't ask them to change it, there isn't much to worry about. "wxWindows" was originally started in 1992.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WxWidgets

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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by CamperBob2 on Friday July 15, 2016 @07:30PM (#12104464)
IIRC, Microsoft licensed Hyperterminal from a company called Hilgraeve (sp?). It was never an official part of Windows, although IMHO it should have been.

Regardless of who owns/owned the trademarks in whatever countries, it's not appropriate to reuse the name. It will lead to unnecessary confusion. Bad call, even if no lawyers get involved.

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