>
>
> Hmm. I don't find any such trademarks on a search at the
> US Patent Office (http://www.uspto.gov/tmdb/index.html).
>
> Ask him what the trademark registration number is, and
> where it is registered...
>
> Joe
>
Did you try Thomson and Thomson? The US Government
trademarks don't cover Canada. Thompson and Thompson
is very expensive but have a near monopoly on the
worldwide trade-mark business.
The have a web site under the thomson-thomson and a
new service under the saegious(sp) name BUT they charge
$2.50 per hit on any search AFTER you setup and account.
-- Bill
> On Dec 13, 2:53am, Ariel Faigon wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure if I should feel amused or saddened by this
> > email. I'm not a lawyer, just curious of what would you
> > be doing in reponse.
> >
> > Note that:
> > The facts this email presents are inaccurate:
> >
> > 1) We don't have any "product" on www.linux.sgi.com
> > just a free source distribution.
> > 2) His claim is ignoring the fact that "Linux" is
> > a trademark of Linus Torvalds which may invalidate
> > any claim to its derivatives by another party.
> > 3) We use "Hard Hat 5.1" as a humorous way to say
> > it is somewhat unstable release of Red Hat 5.1
> > in a casual way in one title.
> > 4) We never use the term "Hard Hat Linux".
> >
> > I guess the question is whether our very innocent and casual
> > use of the phrase "Hard Hat" in one web page and without any
> > product connotation constitutes trademark infringement.
> >
> >
> > Forwarded message:
> > :From maurice@harddata.com Sat Dec 12 12:23:42 1998
> > :Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981212132336.00a0ecb0@209.207.211.2>
> > :X-Sender: mhilariu@209.207.211.2
> > :X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32)
> > :Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:23:36 -0700
> > :To: adevries@engsoc.carleton.ca
> > :From: Maurice Hilarius <maurice@harddata.com>
> > :Subject: Hard Hat Linux
> > :Cc: ariel@sgi.com
> > :Mime-Version: 1.0
> > :Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > :
> > :Good day Gentlemen.
> > :
> > :One of our customers pointed us to your webpage:
> > :http://www.linux.sgi.com/manhattan/
> > :
> > :We wish to inform you that the names "Hard Hat" and "Hard Hat Linux" are
> > :copyrighted names and registered trademarks of Hard Data Ltd., Of Edmonton,
> > :Alberta, Canada.
> > :
> > :We ask that you please use another name for your project, as we can not
> > :permit this use of the brand name and trademark "Hard Hat Linux".
> > :We suspect that this usage was probably not designed to harm our tradmark,
> > :but we still can not permit it to be used, especially without our express
> > :permission.
> > :
> > :If there are any questions please contact Maurice Hilarius of Hard Data
> > :Ltd. at the address and/or telphone numbers listed in the signature
> > (below).
> > :
> > :Seasons Greetings.
> > :
> > :Best regards,
> > :
> > : Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-403-414-9319
> > : Hard Data Ltd. **FAX: 01-403-456-1510
> > : 11060 - 166 Avenue email:maurice@harddata.com
> > : Edmonton, AB, Canada - T5X 1Y3 http://www.harddata.com
> > :
> > :
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peace, Ariel
> >
> >-- End of excerpt from Ariel Faigon
>
>
>
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