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Re: NPS files to have trademarks canceled March 08, 2016 09:06AM | Moderator Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 1,634 |
Republicans would never go for it.Quote
hotrod4x5
They need to just make a law that a private entity cannot trademark something that is owned by the American people.Quote
Dave
Yes, but will the Park Service learn the lesson here and start trademark proceedings on all national park place names? Somehow I don't believe they have learned.
Re: NPS files to have trademarks canceled March 11, 2016 04:40PM | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 671 |
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Dave
Republicans would never go for it.Quote
hotrod4x5
They need to just make a law that a private entity cannot trademark something that is owned by the American people.Quote
Dave
Yes, but will the Park Service learn the lesson here and start trademark proceedings on all national park place names? Somehow I don't believe they have learned.
Re: NPS files to have trademarks canceled March 08, 2016 01:17PM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 1,986 |
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hotrod4x5
They need to just make a law that a private entity cannot trademark something that is owned by the American people.Quote
Dave
Yes, but will the Park Service learn the lesson here and start trademark proceedings on all national park place names? Somehow I don't believe they have learned.
Re: NPS files to have trademarks canceled March 09, 2016 09:17AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 1,741 |
I think the trademarks in question were filed in 2003. So if that law was passed in 2014, that would explain it.Quote
parklover
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hotrod4x5
They need to just make a law that a private entity cannot trademark something that is owned by the American people.Quote
Dave
Yes, but will the Park Service learn the lesson here and start trademark proceedings on all national park place names? Somehow I don't believe they have learned.
I still don't know how the USPTO allowed historic names in parks to be trademarked considered that there was a law since 1946 saying they belonged to the government. The section quoted below is from HR 1068 which passed in December 2014
Sec. 302106. Retention of name
Notwithstanding section 43(c) of the Act of July 5, 1946 (known as the Trademark Act of 1946) (15 U.S.C. 1125(c)), buildings and structures on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register (either individually or as part of a historic district), or designated as an individual landmark or as a contributing building in a historic district by a unit of State or local government, may retain the name historically associated with the building or structure.
Re: NPS files to have trademarks canceled March 09, 2016 11:42AM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 1,986 |
Yes but it was originally covered under the Trademark Act of 1946 so I would think that this was still in effect in 2003. Sec. 302106 is from the HR 1068 which is the new law that replaces former provisions pertaining to the park service. This is a link explaining the bill. http://uscode.house.gov/codification/t54/index.html This is the link to the HR 1068 document if you are interested in reading it. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1068/textQuote
hotrod4x5
I think the trademarks in question were filed in 2003. So if that law was passed in 2014, that would explain it.Quote
parklover
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hotrod4x5
They need to just make a law that a private entity cannot trademark something that is owned by the American people.Quote
Dave
Yes, but will the Park Service learn the lesson here and start trademark proceedings on all national park place names? Somehow I don't believe they have learned.
I still don't know how the USPTO allowed historic names in parks to be trademarked considered that there was a law since 1946 saying they belonged to the government. The section quoted below is from HR 1068 which passed in December 2014
Sec. 302106. Retention of name
Notwithstanding section 43(c) of the Act of July 5, 1946 (known as the Trademark Act of 1946) (15 U.S.C. 1125(c)), buildings and structures on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register (either individually or as part of a historic district), or designated as an individual landmark or as a contributing building in a historic district by a unit of State or local government, may retain the name historically associated with the building or structure.
Re: NPS files to have trademarks canceled March 07, 2016 09:05PM | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 1,374 |
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Dave
Yes, but will the Park Service learn the lesson here and start trademark proceedings on all national park place names? Somehow I don't believe they have learned.