Re: copyright infringement on a commonly used phrase

From: Dot and Jim <brennandot[_at_]prodigy.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:19:14 -0700

On Fri, Jun 16, 2000, Karen E. Carballa <karencarballa[_at_]vbmc.org> wrote:
>
> We are in the process of developing a credo for our hospital and would
> like to use "May I Help You", however, we want to make certain that
> this phrase is not copyright protected. Can anyone own this phrase?

More likely a service mark issue. BTW John Denver's first commercial success was a song he wrote for a bank whose slogan was "May we help you today?". At least that was what he said when he sang the song at the Cellar Door in DC many years ago. Each verse ended with "May we etc"

James Brennan
<brennandot[_at_]prodigy.net> Received on Sat Jun 17 2000 - 00:27:13 GMT

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