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plawrence
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parklover
Happy Early Birthday. I am so glad that you still have your reservation. On my last "Big Birthday" we sat at the Queen's table in the alcove which was really nice. I wonder what kind of china you will be served on since DNC owns the Ahwahnee china pattern.
Are you sure that DNC owns the copyright to the Ahwahnee china pattern? I would think it's the china manufacturer that owns the copyright to that distinctive pattern.
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In one of the many news articles I have read recently there was a comment that when Sterling, the company that made the china, went out of business, DNC took over the pattern and had it produced somewhere else. Since I had planned on buying some more of the china this year, the other day I went on several sites that I used to buy hard to find china and all said that the pattern had been discontinued since Sterling is no longer in business. It has also been noted in articles that during the transition Monday/Tuesday that the china was removed from the dining room and the gift shop and that some people were able to buy some. The pattern of the plates is the Ahwahnee symbol and every thing with the symbol on was removed from the hotel. There is high probability that the limited edition Pendleton blankets they had sold that have the Ahwahnee symbol on it and the name of the Ahwahnee is not available anymore but I already have two different ones. Also if you read the link for the petition the park service filed with the USPTO you will see this:
All goods and services in the class are cancelled, namely: [ Watches ]
Class 021. First Use: 2002/10/29 First Use In Commerce: 2002/10/29
All goods and services in the class are cancelled, namely: non-electric iron candelabras; dishes;
namely cups, plates, and bowls
Class 024. First Use: 2002/10/29 First Use In Commerce: 2002/10/29
All goods and services in the class are cancelled, namely: blanket throws
Class 025. First Use: 2002/10/29 First Use In Commerce: 2002/10/29
All goods and services in the class are cancelled, namely: hats,golf shirts, denim shirts
Therefore, this all leads me to believe that as of right now, you can't buy the china. The only way to be sure is for someone to go look when they are in Yosemite.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2016 08:15AM by parklover.