On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:45:51 -0800, Karl L. Wuensch wrote: > 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.
As strange as this may sound there are a few people out in the world named Michael Palij (though I'm the only "Palij" that I know of in psychology; there's at least one in neuroscience). One of them is a "Master of Wine", who I believe is in Britain. For more on the non-academic title of Master of Wine, see the Wikipedia entry (yadda-yadda): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Wine He's listed here: http://www.mastersofwine.org/en/about/meet-the-masters/search-alphabetically.cfm#letter_P I can see this person trademarking the name for professional reasons, such as advertising as a wine expert, giving seminars, grading wines, etc. So, if something should happen that would make my name a marketable commodity, I might have to go to court to commercially use my name. What a strange idea. -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=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8556 or send a blank email to leave-8556-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
