[meteorite-list] Curry Montrose Meteorites and Walter L. Newton
From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:51:25 -0400 Message-ID: <8CE361DBCAFCB51-A98-18DBF_at_webmail-d032.sysops.aol.com> Adam, Definitely worth a try, but what can you present to show you own an NWA official number as intellectual property. Can a Nom Com official meteorite name be trademarked, and does anybody own anything once it is published in the scientific literature? There should be some marketing rights as you suggest, but I think they would be limited to an argument of defamation of all authentic vendors of NWA 5K, in the sense of potentially libelous statements that are not properly researched with the intent to draw sales away from NWA 5K, if I understand your unwanted predicament. Come to think of it NWA 5K is a trademarkable product, but probably not with the number 5000 which is public domain. I have never seen a dealer trademark a meteorite in this way, but why not? It would allow claims beyond the basics and in some instance could be a useful marketing tool. At the moment, though, it looks like NWA 5K is not trademarked, though this might give some dealers ideas on how to distinguish their noteworthy products: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=login&p_lang=english&p_d=trmk Walter - As I mentioned before I have nothing further to say in the solutions department than already posted, and if that doesn't work for you - good luck in finding something constructive to do that will solve this problem that seems to have caused many unnecessary frustrations in the meteorite community. Doug -----Original Message----- From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 1:13 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Curry Montrose Meteorites and Mexico Doug Steve Curry showed up after watching too many meteorite TV shows which he mentioned by name in his auctions a few years ago. This was about the same time some idiot sent me a "several million dollar" spent CM1 toilet plunger in the mail against my will.? He even accused me of pinching a few hundred grams for myself after I sent it back.? What a nightmare this guy was. I think everybody should report his fraudulent auctions at once to eBay.? A NOCI form will be filed soon because this freak has enough nerve to compare his terrestrial trash to NWA 5K! Adam ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Wed 31 Aug 2011 01:51:25 PM PDT |
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