--- In [email protected], "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
So you feel that the TMO doesn't offer anything of value that is added on to TM/Transcendental Meditation, and therefore you don't worry about deceiving your potential clients? > --- 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. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
