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From: johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Greg Alt (R)
Message-ID: <6750016@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 91 17:35:26 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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< 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.
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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
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