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From: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
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Subject: Re: "I2C" versus "IIC"
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 02:18:03PM -0600, VanBaren, Gerald (AGRE) wrote:
> Just to mess with your minds... I2C is a trademark of Philips
> Electronics N.V. so that is probably not the best choice from a
> legalistic point of view.

It's been related to me several times that this is the reason why
most implementers refer to their interface/bus as IIC in
documentation.

-Matt