Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 12:47:39 10/20/99
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On October 20, 1999 at 13:04:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>as I said, you can't just 'claim' a trademark. There is a definite registration
>process, papers to fill out, you have to pick the 'look' (font, surrounding
>stuff, etc). You have an attorney file the papers. The trademark office then
>researches the trademark to make sure it doesn't infringe on prior trademarks
>that have already been awarded, you have to pay a fairly substantial fee to have
>it registered if it clears, etc. IE it isn't like the 'implicit copyright' you
>have on text you write. It is a totally different ballgame, very similar to
>obtaining a patent.
This is not exactly correct. In the US at least you can't register a
trademark which someone else is using even if the other person hasn't bothered
to register it.
James B. Shearer
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