Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site nitrex.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cwruecmp!nitrex!joe From: joe@nitrex.UUCP (joe standard) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Your [good] name Message-ID: <155@nitrex.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 19:22:59 EST Article-I.D.: nitrex.155 Posted: Mon Nov 4 19:22:59 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 22:11:01 EST References: <2395@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: joe@nitrex.UUCP (joe standard) Followup-To: junk Distribution: net Organization: The Standard Oil Co., Cleveland Lines: 15 Summary: don't tell me this is true In article <2395@brl-tgr.ARPA>, wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: >For example, I understand that the trademark laws overrule your ability >to use your name in the name of a business that you own. Even if you were >born "Joe Standard", and you have documentary proof of thiry generations >of people named "Standard" from whom you are descended, and you form an >oil company, you cannot name this company "Standard Oil Company", >because the rights to that name are already held by another entity. Is >that correct? Any other details or legal points involved here? you can't? :-)