Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Band-Aid(TM), etc. and nonstop Message-ID: <2443@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 02:34:22 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.2443 Posted: Sun Oct 9 02:34:22 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Oct-83 10:59:10 EDT References: <2439@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 9 The law in Canada is a little complicated, but trademarks do not have to be adjectives. However, making them adjectival and having another word to describe the product itself helps your cause, since you can tell other people what to call their [non-Frisbee] flying discs, [non-Thermos] vacuum flasks, [non-Kleenex] facial tissue, etc. Dave Sherman -- {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo,uw-beaver}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave