Re: ADT yard signs

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Seeing as though Burma Shave closed operations in 1967...dunno.

I'm thinking that if you gain some kind of benefit out of using someone
else's trademark, that it is infringement.

"Robertm" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > You're the one infringing on a trademark not me, I have no reason to
call
| > ADT.
| >
| > According to your logic it would be ok to put a Rolls Royce insigna on a
| > Volkswagon...sure you may never get sued but it's still not kosher.
Also,
| > anyone selling someone else's trademark is infringing.
| >
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| With ADT's reputation being what it is, maybe it's more like putting a VW
| insignia on a Rolls Royce.  Regarding trademak infringement, if I
purchased
| a complete system from them folks and owned it, I don't think it's
| infringement to sell the parts separately, as long as I don't manufacture
| copies of their signs or labels and sell them for profit. Several years
ago
| I bought some Burma Shave signs and stuck them up. They were legally
| produced and I purchased them to use on my property even though I didn't
| sell Burma Shave. Illegal? No way.
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| Bob
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