☀
@ is used as a character in a
BOOK TITLE
Love @ 1st Byte
in English Language
☀This is the FIRST time in the world @ is used in English officially
☀1992 May, the editor of World Scientific Publishing Co
applied to the Library of Congress (LC), USA for CIP (Catalog-In-Publication)
☀1992 Aug, Publisher World Scientific received a reply from LC, stating:
☀@ is an INVALID character, hence cannot be used in English
☀@ is to be replaced by at
☀LC took the liberty of authorizing the replacement
and insisted that the cover and title page be replaced as well
☀Author Lin Hsin Hsin rejected the replacement by LC
☀LC conceded to the rejection, however, replaced the book title as:
"Love At 1st Byte" on the imprint page
☀LC was UNABLE to classify the book, hence only catalogued it under poetry
PR9570.S53 L565, LC makes no efforts to amend the classification to include
Technology.
☀1992 Aug The book was published
☀1992 Oct The book was launched @ the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt, Germany
☀Application of @ as a TRADEMARK
☀1992 Jun Lin Hsin Hsin met with a senior IP (Intellectual Properties) Lawyer in Singapore to discuss the possibilities of:
☀including the use of @ in a Trademark
☀1992 JunThe instant reply by the lawyer is: IMPOSSIBLE for both the applications