"recovering trademarks" Topic
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| jgawne | 19 Sep 2008 11:51 a.m. PST |
My understanding of the law (poor as it is) is that if a trademark does "dead" it can really only be recovered by someone who was in come way initially involved with the original trademark application. My example is that I wanted to grab the dead trademark of an old well known military equipment manufacturer – not to profit off it, but as a way to prevent some guys from making fakes and using the original name and trademark to fool people. Anyone know FOR SURE if this is correct? That I would have to have some connection with the original company to reestablish it as a trademark? |
| nycjadie | 19 Sep 2008 11:53 a.m. PST |
This is a very complicated issue. You can Google "phantom marks" for more information. If you want to discuss specific issues, you can PM me. I have some experience with this regarding the PAN AM marks. |
| Jerzei Balowski | 19 Sep 2008 4:59 p.m. PST |
If someone's willing to illegally fake an item, I don't think they would be deterred by the fact that someone has the trademark. |
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