On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Tony Harminc <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't know off the top of my head where to search for US registered > trademarks, but the Canadian registration for "Z10" looks like this: > ======================== > WARES: > (1) computer hardware; computer software for controlling the operation > of or execution of programs and networks for server systems and > workstations; and instruction manual sold as a unit therewith; printed > matter, namely, instruction manuals for computer hardware and computer > software for server systems and workstations > > SERVICES: > (1) installation and maintenance of computer hardware; technical > support services, namely, troubleshooting of computer hardware and > computer software problems via telephone, e-mail, and in person; > design, installation, interconnection, testing and maintenance of > computer software for use in network computing; design, > interconnection and testing of computer hardware for use in network > computing > > CLAIMS: > Priority Filing Date: November 28, 2007, Country: UNITED STATES OF > AMERICA, Application No: 77/338496 in association with the same kind > of wares and in association with the same kind of services. > Declaration of Use filed May 26, 2009. > ======================== > > So perhaps RIM (uh, the newly renamed Blackberry) gets off because the > WARES are specifically "server systems and workstations". > > I find it interesting that RIM has only 126 hits in the (Canadian) > trademark database, and many of those are abandoned. (Did any ever > see a Blackberry Budgie...?) IBM (actually International Business > Machines) has almost 1200 hits, and doubtless many more in other > countries. Those containing the letter "Z" are: > > Trademarks: ZPDT, Formalized, 1606983 > Trademarks: ZPDT, Abandoned - Section 40(3), 1457751 > Trademarks: Z/ARCHITECTURE, Registered, 1081337, TMA626616 > Trademarks: Z/VM, Registered, 1081333, TMA569513 > Trademarks: Z9, Registered, 1278666, TMA684003 > Trademarks: ZENTERPRISE, Advertised, 1491205 > Trademarks: SYSTEM Z10, Registered, 1375594, TMA741679 > Trademarks: SYSTEM Z, Registered, 1292849, TMA704078 > Trademarks: ZSERIES, Registered, 1081332, TMA575752 > Trademarks: z/VSE, Registered, 1198808, TMA677185 > > Of course there are doubtless many subtleties involved in trademarks > and trademark searches that I am unfamiliar with, so I will have > missed all sorts of things and their significance. > VERY interesting, thanks. Among other details, it makes it clear that case is irrelevant in trademarks. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
