Cyberspace trademark filing and William Gibson's objection, as the author recounts (colo.to)

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- Author Erik Gullichsen says he built a virtual reality prototype at the Autodesk research lab in 1989. The setup connected a head-mounted display, a position tracker, and a data glove that reads finger movements to a 386 computer, and the source says the system ran at roughly 6~10 frames per second. - According to the source, Autodesk filed to register 'cyberspace' as a trademark, and William Gibson sent a letter through his lawyer objecting to it. The author recalls that he did not respond to this letter. - According to the author, the claim that 'Gibson tried to trademark Erik Gullichsen's name' was spread as a prank by Timothy Leary. The source explains that Paulo and Rudy Rucker later added to the story and spread it, and that it was eventually taken as fact. - At an event in Barcelona in 1990, the source reports that Gibson quoted the idea that a street finds its own uses for things and said, 'Autodesk is no street.'

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Editorial opinionstartupxo 2d ago

O: This retrospective on Autodesk's trademark application and the backlash from Gibson is worth a look for product planners who are considering names like "cyberspace" and want to see what a trademark filing actually provoked. X: This retrospective is based on the personal memories of the author, Erik Gullichsen, and the original text does not describe the outcome of the trademark registration or any legal proceedings, so it is hard to treat these as confirmed facts.

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