[GreenKeys] Teletype GPS Units

[Eugene Hertz]

Not to get into a whole legal discussion, but my own experience with trademarks is that more than one company can use the same trademark (ie they can each register a mark) as long as there is no potential for confusion of the public.  So another company could not call themselves teletype if they also had something to do with printing (or perhaps more widely printed communications).  However, for example, I could open a bakery and name it "microsoft" if I wanted to. AGAIN: I am no lawyer but I have worked with lawyers on registering marks before. This in my layman's understanding

Eugene


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Charles Ring W3NU [mailto:charlesr at infonline.net]
>Sent: Friday, March 4, 2005 01:11 PM
>To: 'valerie zeiser'
>Cc: 'Green Keys'
>Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Teletype GPS Units
>
>valerie zeiser wrote: 
> 
>> I just cruised Ebay. 
>> 
>> Put in "Teletype" to see what would come up. 
>> 
>> Found several listings for "Teletype GPS Unit". 
>> 
>> Boy: you'd have to be Ahnuld Schwarzenegger or 
>> something - to be able to carry around a 
>> Teletype GPS unit. 
>> 
>> The batteries and DC-AC converter alone must be a ton! 
>> 
>> Did they AT LEAST use a 32-KSR instead of a Model 19? 
>> 
>> 73, 
>> W6ESE - tonyp 
>> NNNNZCZC 
>> 
> 
>seems that the maker of these items seized upon the expired trademark 
>Teletype, altering it into TeleType.. Fine, but i'd like to know WHY? 
>They don't "type" anything anyhow. Why would they want a name that is at 
>best meaningless to their products and at worst very confusing? Their 
>website says they were founded in 1981 and "specialize in software 
>system integration", so they must have started with another name. 
> 
>73 de W3NU 
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