17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
that one guy says:
2) Word on the street is that someone already holds a trademark for the term "Tessera"
Yes, this is true. The NSA has picked very bad ones -- Clipper was a trademark of Intergraph, Tessera was taken, Mosaic (the DMS's name) is taken, etc.
and that they have told NSA to cease and desist.
This I don't know to be true. I only know that the trademark was indeed taken. Perry