Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Why Nextel Is Pushing It

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:20:36 -0400

washingtonpost.com
Why Nextel Is Pushing It

Sunday, August 24, 2003; Page B06
That Nextel Communications was allowed to trademark the term "push-to-talk" is
absurd ["Nextel Says Rival Stole Slogan,"
Business, Aug. 21].

I first encountered the term in 1951 when I purchased a U.S. war surplus T17
push-to-talk carbon microphone, which was used by all of the military services
during World War II.

If Nextel really wanted to trademark something unique, it might try calling its
service "release-to-listen."

THEODORE J. COHEN

Alexandria

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34487-2003Aug22.html

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