It would be a shame for this to happen...hard to believe it could...
Paul
>From: Rob Guerra <tiger351w@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Rob Guerra <tiger351w@comcast.net>
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Fw: Trademark application
>Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:42:28 -0700
>
>Rick from SS forwarded this onto me. This affects everyone from Rick to
>TEAE, CAT, STOA, PTC, CATO et al:
>
>I looked into blocking it.... we need support for this. I called the law
>office in charge. I will keep everyone advised.
>
>
>
>
> >--------- Forwarded message ----------
> >From: Rick McLeod <sunsp22@comcast.net>
> >To: rick@catmbr.org
> >Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:34:51 -0700
> >Subject: Trademark application
> >Message-ID: <42CA381B.8000807@comcast.net>
> >
> >This was just received from Canada.
> >
> >Hi Richard,
> >
> >I will be away from e-mails for a few days so can't respond to you if
> >you email me back. I thought you, among others, needed to know
> >immediately about Michael T. Hughes (of 5805 State Bridge Road Duluth
> >Georgia 30097) who has applied for US trademark for the brands
> >"Sunbeam","Sunbeam Tiger" and "Sunbeam Alpine" with the U.S. Patent and
> >Trademark Office.
> >
> >The trademark application of most pressing concern is Serial number
> >78357854. My wife (who happens to be a Canadian trademark lawyer) has
> >explained to me that this US trademark for "Sunbeam Tiger" is being
> >published for opposition tomorrow. If no one opposes it in the next 60
> >days, Michael T Hughes will own the US trademark and will have the right
> >to stop everyone else from using it in the US, from selling products
> >marked with the trademark, etc. (if they don't pay him a licensing
> >fee.) Note that he has applied for the trademark not only for
> >automobiles and automobile parts, but also T-shirts, sweat shirts, hats,
> >etc. You can go to the US Patents and Trademarks Office's online
> >database and take a look at all the wares he will have the exclusive
> >right to sell in association with the trademark. (http://tarr.uspto.gov
> >and then click for trademarks search....)
> >
> >If you do not want to lose your freedom to sell your Sunbeam products,
> >my wife says you should go to a US trademark lawyer right away and ask
> >him/her to file an opposition to Mr. Hughes' application. In Mr.
> >Hughes' application for the US trademark he has had to swear an
> >affidavit swearing that he was the first person to use the trademark,
> >and therefore he should have the right to own it. -- I don't think it
> >can be true that he was the first person to use it... (In the US, like
> >Canada, whoever was the first person to use a trademark has the right to
> >apply to register it.)
> >
> >Please forward this information to other enthusiasts who will be
> >affected by this. For example, any Sunbeam club regalia sale would owe
> >Mr Hughes a fee.
> >
> >
> >
> >Yours truly,
> >Gilles Blais
> >
> >*This is the trademark application below. He also has one for the
> >Sunbeam Alpine. It is #78377477*
> >
>
>>http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78357854&action=Request+Status
>
>
>Rob
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