[RITSlist] Logo

[Ross S. Dando]

At the RITS convention in Colorado Springs there was a discussion on this matter I believe. At the time I thought someone was going to look into it so that RITS could get possesion of the trademark.  Anyone else remember that?
Ross

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>From: Rocket Man 4 <rocketman4 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 4, 2007 11:55 AM
>To: RITS List <ritslist at simpson.edu>
>Subject: [RITSlist] Logo
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>I just checked the United States Patent and Trademark Office database
>and it appears that Maytag no longer owns the trademark and it expired
>on January 22, 2005. The Iowa Interstate is currently and applicant
>for ownership, but there is no indication of actually ownership yet.
>The USPTO published the IAIS application in June of this year for
>anyone to oppose to their application.
>
>I am not sure of is whether or not permission would still be needed to
>use the herald (logo) from an applicant vs. an owner or registrant.
>Additionally it appears that the IAIS only applied for the trademark
>ONLY as it applies to model and/or trains (similar to Maytag's former
>ownership of the logo). Lionel Toys has filed an opposition to the
>IAIS application as recent as October, 2007. There appear to be no
>other "live" files in the USPTO database that indicate anyone owns the
>rights to the Rock Island herald or logo.
>
>Here's a link to the USPTO web page regarding the IAIS application:
>
>http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=60lb2s.3.1
>
>So it appears their at this time there is no registrant that owns the
>trademark of the Red and White Rock Island Herald. I am not a patent
>attorney and cannot absolutely verify this, but this is what I found.
>
>I hope this helps!
>
>Tom
>
>
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