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Five years ago: UK Patent Office backs US MMX ruling

Martin Veitch ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 01 Apr 2002 07:01 BST

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First published 2 April, 1997.

The Patent Office ruled that MMX "is a term that is customary in the trade" and said "the application was accepted in error".

"We are delighted that common sense has prevailed," said Richard Baker, regional marketing manager for PC products at AMD. "Intel was trying to reduce the impact of the K6 launch".

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