I recall the story of a restaurant owner in the Midwest who for years owned a restaurant bearing his name. His last name was MacDonald. The corporation sued and made him change the name of his restaurant. I recall a similar problem with a café owner named Star Buck. So, even if you have not yet trademarked your name, somebody else may have.
Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 4:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Have You Trademarked Your Name Yet? A curious story is out in the popular media about a couple of people who are trying to trademark their names because, as one article points out, a person's name is their brand. For one article on this point, see: http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/content/view/print/361422 Quoting from the article: |"Everybody's name is sort of their brand, and once it gets associated |with goods or services, then it functions as a trademark," Marshall |Nelson, a Seattle attorney specializing in copyright, trademark and |other intellectual property issues, told the Associated Press. Once a |name is trademarked, he said, it gives the holder additional remedies |to recover profits and damages if someone uses the name inappropriately. College professors clear provide a service and their schools might even feature specific teachers as a draw (City University of New York has done this with subway ads). Certain Tipsters certain seem to be a "brand", such as in "he wrote a 'Michael Sylvester(tm)' post". Maybe once a professor's name is trademarked, they can charge the college for using it anywhere (i.e., course descriptions, course listing, faculty listing, etc.). Why, it might open up a whole new revenue stream for faculty! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e&n=T&l=tips&o=8553 or send a blank email to leave-8553-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8555 or send a blank email to leave-8555-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
