On Tue, 03 Aug 1999, Nick Zales <zales[_at_]execpc.com> wrote:
>
> Can you register your name as a service mark? Apparently you can.
> The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent & Trademark office has granted
> preliminary approval to a 3 page application by actor Leonardo DiCaprio
> to register his name as a service mark. Check out the application here
> or in the "archives" under "Leonardo DiCaprio is a marked man" if it is
> not the document of the day.
>
> http://www.thesmokinggun.com/doc_o_day/doc_o_day.shtml
>
> I think I better register my name fast before somebody else gets it
> *LOL* Is this what trademark law is coming too? Will this excursion
> be the Trademark office's "Titanic?" Will Leonardo's love affair
> with himself last forever? Only time will tell.
Agreed. I know someone who registered a band's name and is charging the band everytime they use it. I would hate to think what this person could do with someone's personal name. Also there are quite a few of us who have the same name as someone else -- how does the Trademark Office handle these situations? Whoever registers first?? Does the loser have to change their name?? :-)
christine
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Mon Mar 26 2007 - 00:35:36 GMT