Bluetooth - Oops, I Just Violated Their Trademark
Kirt's Cogitations #68

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Bluetooth - Oops, I Just Violated Their Trademark

According to the Bluetooth brand requirements, the term "Bluetooth" must always be used as an adjective. Furthermore, when the term "Bluetooth" is used to denote the corresponding technology, the term "wireless" must be inserted between the Bluetooth and the terminology. Bluetooth is named after the Danish king Harald Blatand (meaning blue tooth). So basically, you cannot even refer to the word "Bluetooth," since doing so violates the spirit of the trademark; by that rule, it cannot even be listed in the dictionary.

Temwell RF Microwave Components - RF Cafe

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...