I went to the Register office for Trademarks in Norway and talked to a Lawyer in the office. The TMO had applied several times to get registered "Transcendental Meditation" as Trademark. Every time they were turned down. The Lawyer told me that the word "transcendental" is a description of a state in consciousness, and that they would not accept to trademark a description of a word. The same with "meditation". So she said: "You should just go ahead and use Transcendental Meditation in you advertising". But this is Norway - maybe it is different in other countries - I do not know. Ingegerd --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Ingegerd" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I checked it up in Norway. TMO has no Trademark on Transcendental > > Meditation - and will not have it in the Future, because > > Transcendental is a description of a state of consciousness and is > > universal. I do not know about other countries, maybe it would be > > wise to check out. The more people using Transcendental Meditation > in > > their marketing outside the TMO, the more difficult it will be to > get > > it as Trademark > > Ingegerd > > And this is a good thing? > > > BTW, how did you checkthis out? Are you saying that there is NO > registered trademark? What about the "Maharishi Technology of the > Unified Field," for instance? > > > > > > > > I guess I'll just either have to teach quietly or wait for > the > > > > > lawsuits and their resolution. I'm pretty sure that they will > > > happen > > > > > soon enough. > > > > > > > > I seriously doubt that there will be any lawsuits. > > > > As Ingegerd has pointed out, the TMO is afraid to > > > > bring any real intellectual property case to court > > > > because their case is so weak. Also, if you read > > > > between the lines of "recertification," especially > > > > the part about having to do it over and over again > > > > every few years, that's a lawyer thang. What I've > > > > heard is that NONE of the agreements asked of > > > > teachers along the way are now legally enforceable. > > > > So the recert program is to create a whole new set > > > > that will be legally enforceable. > > > > > > > > Unc > > > > > > One agreement certainly is enforceable: trademark.
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