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From: cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Greg Alt (R)
Summary: Goodwill Vs Goodwill
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.144251.5333@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 28 Mar 91 14:42:51 GMT
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In article <6750016@hp-vcd.HP.COM>, johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
> <<
> < If you were to make Greg Alt a trademark of Greg Alt Ltd., they could 
> < theoretically claim free use by using your name and not your company's.  If, 
> < on the other hand, you played a mean guitar, you could talk to Billy 
> < Joel(R)'s law firm.
> ----------
> When the Goodwill(tm) games were held in Seattle they were very picky
> about who could use the name "Goodwill". Some radio station found a guy
> in the phonebook named Goodwill and got him to sponsor some events so
> that they could use the name without paying for it.
> 
> John Eaton
> !hp-vcd!johne

What about the Goodwill Industries charity organization?