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Started by Mindy Makuta
Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00
Trademark for Sale
Author: Mindy Makuta
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00
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We have a registered US trademark that is classified for software products. "Surefire" is a great trademark that portrays power and excitement and can be used to denote an entire family of products such as Surefire Web Browser, Surefire Results or Surefire by itself. Please send any inquiries by E-Mail to makuta@worldnet.att.net Peter Makuta Piaf, Inc,
Re: Trademark for Sale
Author: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00
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Mindy Makuta (makuta@worldnet.att.net) wrote: > We have a registered US trademark that is classified for software > products. "Surefire" is a great trademark that portrays power and > excitement... Descriptive, therefore weak. I would not pay much for it. Anybody remember the big brou-ha-ha over 'traveling software', a descriptive name for software for your portable computer? One party thought it was descriptive, the other claimed it was a trade mark. -- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
Re: Trademark for Sale
Author: Mindy Makuta
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00
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The Surefire mark has been used successfully for a number of years. Many articles have been written regarding Surefire products world-wide resulting in positive plays on the word by the press (like "this product is a Surefire success.") and is easily remembered. It portrays power and excitement and has done very well as a trademark. There's nothing better than real world evidence to show a name works.
Re: Trademark for Sale
Author: Bruce Hayden
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00
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Mindy Makuta wrote: > > The Surefire mark has been used successfully for a number of years. Many > articles have been written regarding Surefire products world-wide > resulting in positive plays on the word by the press (like "this product > is a Surefire success.") and is easily remembered. It portrays power and > excitement and has done very well as a trademark. There's nothing better > than real world evidence to show a name works. I agree with Rahul. This is close to being merely descriptive. This is obvious from your statement there, which could just have easily read "this product is a sure fire success" and we all would have known what you were talking about. Weak. Weak. Weak. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- The preceding was not a legal opinion, and is not my employer's. Original portions Copyright 1997 Bruce E. Hayden,all rights reserved My work may be copied in whole or part, with proper attribution, as long as the copying is not for commercial gain. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce E. Hayden bhayden@acm.org Austin, Texas bhayden@copatlaw.com
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