From tonysounds@yahoo.com Sat Sep 22 13:28:20 2007
Subject:Re: "clonewheel' trademark, was: Diversi

The big difference was that "coke" was a coal industry specific term, and the appropriation of it was for a beverage.

goffmac747@aol.com wrote:
Beg to differ. Look at the word COKE.. it was in the English Language in the 17th century as fuel way before it became Coca Cola's other trademarked name....I think the only time you run into problems is when you want to trademark a name that offers similar product or services and/or sounds similar. Take for example, the Good Wear Tire company could not copyright the name because Good Year was already selling tires...

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From: Bruce Wahler