Date   : Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:19:08 +0100
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: A new Element 14

On 25/07/2009 14:49, Rick Murray wrote:

> Thought - does the BBC own exclusive world rights to those initials? 
> They are frequently used over here (France) for "Batiment Bas(se?) 
> Consumption", in other words and eco-friendlier new-build house.

Nope, in most of Europe "BBC" belongs (or used to, at least until 1996) 
to Brown Boveri et Cie, now renamed ABB.  The British Broadcasting 
Corporation have never owned European rights to the initials.

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York