[wg-b] this is joe baptista posing as alvestrand in my continued consorshipprotest.

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@alvestrand.no>]

I can see the conversation is getting thin in here.

And that the dnsolistadmin not the lovely roberto have answered my
questions concerning censorhsip.

IBM is really going to get screwed hard by your lack of attention to
details.

Censorship is a brutal hardship on those who need it.

Regards
jb

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:

> At 15:18 29.12.99 -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
> >The registrant may in fact be a Mets fan.
> >
> >http://www.nypost.com/business/20655.htm
> >
> >NEW YORK YANKEES would be an example of a unique famous mark.
> 
> hmm....after doing some research on 
> http://trademarks.uspto.gov/access/search-mark.html:
> 
> the USPTO shows 2 marks for "new york yankees":
> 
> 1550798 filed 08/20/1976, class 041 (entertainment), date of first use 1921.
> 1073346 filed 08/17/1988, class 021 (Beverage containers), with cancelled 
> classes for 028 (toys), 009 (thermometers), 011 (flashlights), 024 (fabrics).
> 
> Does the "cancelled" mean that it's legal to use the name "New York 
> Yankees" on toys without infringing on the mark, and without paying licenses?
> Inquiring, but clueless minds want to know.....
> 
>                     Harald A
> 
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> Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
> Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no
> 
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