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Re: Trademark Humor

Original poster: Gregory Morris <gbmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
A search of the United States Patent and Trademark Office website here: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=dand.1.1 shows that Tesla is trademarked by Tesla Engineering Limited COMPANY UNITED KINGDOM as of October 11, 2005.
I wonder if it might be a good idea for some Tesla Coil enthusiast with the right means to trademark "Tesla Coil" specifically to prevent this sort of foolishness from happening? 

Greg

Tesla list wrote:

Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

The phrase "that's hot" was recently trademarked, so
"100 odd years of public use" apparently doesn't
matter.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: <davep@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
>  > Possibly off-topic, though it makes me wonder who
> owns the trademark for
>  > 'Tesla Coil.'
>      At a guess, no one, and unownable.
>      trademark/etc can be applied to _new_/invented
> terms, generally.
>      Given 100 odd years of public use, likely too
> late for
>      anyone to claim Tesla Coil.
>
>      T*ser, as an invented term, is a different
> case.
>
>      Of course, i am not a lawyer, nor do i play one
> on the
>      net...
>
>      best
>       dwp
>
>
>
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