Re: Harley-Davidson sound trademark?

From: Peckham, Deborah J. <PECKHAM[_at_]THT.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:21:30 -0400

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Thomas Workman <tworkman[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Michael Moore <mmoore[_at_]mtu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > The motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson filed a request with the
> > PTO to trademark its 'unique' engine sound in 1994. Does anyone know
> > what the final adjudication of that case is? I know that several
> > other manufacturers submitted opposing views (which I'd like to track
> > down and read someday), but I haven't been able to find any updates,
> > either on the PTO site, or by searching the CNI archives, though I
> > know it was discussed here at one point.
> >
> > Does anyone have any pointers on how I might find the status of
> > that case?
>
> I have always thought that the trademark issued, but I never did a
> formal lookup of the mark on the web. A search by mark would be
> tricky...

Its not so hard searching actually. Using the PTO Boolean search capability one can enter the word "sound" in the field "description of mark." That search picks up 59 registerd and pending marks that consist in part of a sound or for which the word sound is a part of the description. According to the database as of this morning H-D's sound mark application is still pending and opposed. Application s/n is 74-485223.

Deborah J. Peckham
<peckham[_at_]tht.com>

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