[Mccoypottery-talk] trademark

[Loretta A. Payne-Nelson]

This is a little belated, but I can contribute time and research (40+ 
yrs as a secretary)
Loretta


ABSKI wrote:

>Would Billie McCoy be the single applicant?  And if we can't contribute to a
>group, could we contribute to her?
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>From: <mccoy@mccoypottery.com>
>To: <mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com>
>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [Mccoypottery-talk] trademark
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>>Hello:
>>Once again the trademark requires a single applicant. A group by the rules
>>defeats the purpose of ownership. A group can not own or register the
>>trademark. Taking donations to do so goes against the rule also. Who is
>>the applicant, and who would pay the legal costs to establish the
>>organization that does interstate commerce with the mark on the product
>>and the advertising, and the containers it is packaged in.  Does this
>>start to make sense about why the registering of a mark is made not so
>>easy as putting down a few hundred dollars. The us patent and trademark
>>office is very exact about this and takes very serious that the
>>registration is for commercial use so as not to allow someone to protect
>>the mark from others using a mark and keeping it from being used by others
>>just to keep the fayes and jensens of the ebay world from doing so.
>>Cheers!  Terry
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>>>I can't contribute to legal discussions about patent or trademark laws.
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>>>can't put Jensen out of business.  But if someone on this list
>>>could............  YES!  I would donate money!!  How many people on this
>>>list??  How many would donate time or research or money or knowledge???
>>>Maybe I am being Pollyanna about the whole situation.  But why don't we
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>>>something?
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>  From: McQuita@aol.com
>>>  To: mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com
>>>  Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:58 AM
>>>  Subject: Re: [Mccoypottery-talk] trademark
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>>>  Do you have any idea what would be involved with this type of
>>>undertaking...the expense...?
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>>Bella Mia, Inc.
>>401 Host Drive
>>Lake Geneva, WI  53147
>>262-248-6759
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