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From: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
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Subject: Re: It's a Trademark not a Copyright
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Date: 6 Dec 90 03:56:55 GMT
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ehopper@ehpcb.wlk.com (Ed Hopper) writes:

>A trademark doesn't, to my knowledge, expire unless it is no longer
>used by the holder.

A trademark expires every ten years, but can be renewed indefinetly.
(Of the 1.1M trademarks registered in the US< about 700K are still
renewed.)  Of course, you can lose a trademark by it becoming the
generic name for an item.


Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP       Elm Coordinator
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