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Business/income impact due to "Foley, David R."?
RayB:
Oops... I've changed my original post with serial numbers...
Crazy Cooter:
OUCH! #76243381:
"tools and instruments, namely extractors for removal of broken tools and instruments lodged within dental structures."
Sounds just as painful as the real IRS.
Lilwolf:
If he starts over with Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator... Well MAME will still be MAME (maybe Machine Arcade Multiple Emulator.... or Many Arcade Machine Emulator... or "Multitude of Arcades My Emulator" or MAgnificent MachinE or
btw... my post from above.
I don't believe anyone on the mame team has any problems with MAME marquees... But I can tell you this... the guy who created my MAME tshirt asked before making them... and they said no problem.
I don't believe you will get support for selling a mame cabinet on ebay with or without roms, while using their name.... Unless it was 'Also supports MAME' or something similar (ie, not in subject and pasted everywhere)... But its not up to me to say.. you can ask yourself.
I know they love the repo components and encoders.
I think there is a LOT of grey area hear. And I know they don't like piping up with what they find ok / not (because then they will find others using those words later to justify anything...)
but you do have to realize. When you sell items and use MAME as a/the selling point... you ARE making money on their back / hardwork.
I don't personally believe that using MAME in an ebay auction is needed myself... The people who know of MAME will not need you to tell them.. And the ones who dont... it wont help.
mnm1200:
--- Quote from: RayB on February 23, 2005, 08:22:47 pm ---Uh, you may not think that makes sense, but welcome to the trademark biz. Phrases CAN be registered as trademarks. How else to corps protect catch-phrases like "The choice of a new generation" (Pepsi) (search for serial # 73506722
As for Cooter's IRS example. Excellent choice Coot. Now look at these EXISTING AND APPROVED trademarks for "IRS": serial numbers 76513139, 76243381, 76488042, 76207090, 74230050, 74507857 ...
--- End quote ---
Catch-phrases are fine to trademark, but you can't trademark general descriptive names (such as TV and RPG like I mentioned). Also, trademarks can be made on the same name as long as it is in a different industry (like 76513139 and 74230050 which are NOT general descriptive terms but abbreviations of business names).
76207090 was not approved.
Documents on 74507857 are not available.
76243381, 76488042: "The examining attorney refuses registration because the mark consists of or comprises matter which may falsely suggest a connection with the United States Internal Revenue Service. Trademark Act Section 2(a), 15 U.S.C.
RayB:
Good digging mnm1200! What a relief.
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