[Milsurplus] Dating the term "Walkie Talkie"

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:28:12 -0700

as well as all the cb's made in the 60's also!
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> Joe & Group,
>
> I didn't know Nextel was trying to do something like that, but unless they
> hire a crooked lawyer and buy a crooked judge, Nextel has no claim on
either
> term.  I'm pretty sure that Galvin (Motorola) copyrighted both of them in
the
> 40's.  Certainly both terms appeared in their ads, as well as in various
TM 11's
> of the period, plus in at least one post-war QST piece written by a Galvin
> employee.  And then there are all of the 50's CB ads using Walkie-Talkie
for
> Handi-Talkie.
>
> In a message dated 8/19/2003 5:01:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [email protected] writes:
> > Is this in response to Nextel's attempt to copyright the term
> > "Walkie-Talkie"?
> >
>
> Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
> <http://www.wa5cab.com>
> <[email protected]>
>
>
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