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1. [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:33:04 -0800; This morning I noticed a full page ad in my newspaper for an object called a "Ford Fusion". The headline was: "Safety. Fast." So, who has standing to sue? ;-) -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00061.html (7,688 bytes)
2. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Richard Ewald" <richard.ewald@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:46:42 -0800; Probably nobody. Safety fast was the motto of a company that no longer For a defense, Ford would probably say that you are reading two sentences which is not the same as the motto. Safety. Fast. is n; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00062.html (8,561 bytes)
3. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:50:43 -0800; A quick search on the USPTO's website would suggest that nobody can sue. That is not the end of it, since (in the US, at least), trademarks don't have to be registered. However, in order to retain t; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00063.html (8,587 bytes)
4. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:27:21 -0800; I was kidding, of course, about litigation. When a slogan has not been used in the US for 27 years (at least), I would imagine it is not enforceable. On the other hand, if it were, the mere substitut; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00064.html (9,101 bytes)
5. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:19:17 -0800 (PST); Believe it or not, the current owners of RCA Victor Records have abandoned the "His Master's Voice" trademark, the most recognized trademark in the world. Thompson, the owner of RCA's home electronic; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00067.html (8,279 bytes)
6. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:50:00 -0000; "...Safety fast was the motto of a company that no longer exists..." You what??? MG may not have sold a car in the US for 27 years, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. OK, they've been through a; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00070.html (9,843 bytes)
7. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:46:39 -0000; That's not correct. Someone, somewhere, still owns the intellectual property rights - assuming the motto was registered by MG at the time. At the very least the MGCC may have a claim as it is still i; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00071.html (8,163 bytes)
8. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:49:05 EST; You what??? MG may not have sold a car in the US for 27 years, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. OK, they've been through a few hands in the intervening years, but there has never been a period; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00072.html (8,304 bytes)
9. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:14:34 -0000; Ah, but with MG (unlike Bugatti or Jensen) there is continuity, or damn close to it. After production of the MGB and Midget stopped there were just a couple of years of MG-less-ness before first the; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00073.html (10,439 bytes)
10. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:21:37 EST; there were just a couple of years of MG-less-ness Ah - a state devoutly desired by She-who-must-be-obeyed, but since 1970 not experienced here! Bill _______________________________________________ Ed; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00074.html (7,239 bytes)
11. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:01:18 -0700; Trademarks are not like Patents or Copyrights. Under US laws, unless you are actively using a trademark, you lose it. However, I think your point that the MGCC probably has the best claim to it as a; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00075.html (9,526 bytes)
12. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: Aeseeyou@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:49:19 EST; I still remember the heavy handed tactics that BMW used when they took over the MINI trademark. They were really hard core, threatening small business owners who, for instance, used a name like "Sam'; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00076.html (8,846 bytes)
13. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:33:58 -0000; The company and its production facilities do indeed have a direct connection. Whether future products will have any *spiritual* link with what came before is another matter. The refrain "But it's not; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00080.html (8,904 bytes)
14. Re: [Mgs] Trademark infringement? (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:47:57 -0000; It was the same with the MG logo. Parts houses and the like had to pay a substantial fee, and get all their copy and signs authorised before they could continue to use them. PaulH. -- Original Messag; /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00081.html (8,267 bytes)

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