Hi Walter, There would be no problem reselling anything trademarked, if it was originally bought from the registered trademark owner, then you are just reselling the item. (Just as you don't get sued every time you trade in your car). + Shops don't get sued for selling trademarked goods do they?
Breaking it up would be no problem either, it just a 'piece of something that is trademarked'. (Proving it is another story, so accurate records would be essential to prove the origin of the piece). I am not an expert but, I suspect the reason that Intel had problems trade marking the x86 range of processors is the category they used - 'Computer Electronics', many things in the electronics industry have numbers, and 586 686 etc are all used extensively in other products, as IC numbers. So there would be chaos, they wouldn't be able to prove that the x86 numbers were not already used therefore they couldn't claim sole use. The way trade marking works is you assign a trademark to a particular subject or CATEGORY (eg, scientific, medical, computers or information service) and providing you don't use the trademark outside it's intended category then it is protected. I could however make a medical device called 'Windows' or a 'Pentium' arm chair, but couldn't I make a microchip called a Pentium, as the word 'Pentium' for use in computer electronics is trademarked. (just an example). Best, Mark Ford -----Original Message----- From: Walter Branch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:39 AM To: mark ford; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Self-Proclaimed Pairing Issues Hi Mark, So, what would happen should I, a collector, decide to re-sell a trade marked piece? What would happen should I decide to break up a trade marked piece? -Walter Branch ________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 4:21 AM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] RE: Self-Proclaimed Pairing Issues Hi, This pairing argument/debate is one that has been going for years and years, and will most probably continue way beyond all of us. To my way of thinking It will never be solved unless every single rock that is found is analysed by a competent body and given a serial numbered cert, that is clearly not going to happen unless someone opens a massive meteor lab complex and makes a commercial charge for classification, This would also require a complete overhaul of the classification process, and probably wouldn't be practical. So by way of a constructive suggestion, why don't dealers just trademark their classifications? It would work like this: Dealer gets the rock classified, a number or name gets issued by the Nom Com et al. Then the dealer registers it as a trademark, so anyone who sells the material under that name (or makes a claim that it is the same) would then be breaking the law, as they are trading under someone else's trademark simple. - A commercial trademark belongs to the person who registers it, not the person who names it. Just a thought... Mark Ford ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
