Date:         Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:06:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Volkscafe.com is now Van-Café.com
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@knology.net>
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Yes, it is trademarked. I looked at the federal trademark site awhile back
and boy do they have a lot of garbarge, much of it just "remotely" regarding
what they have locked up. One of the reasons I had to quit using Old Volks
Home as a company name, but I was allowed to use it as a product line within
Sherwood Automotive back in 1987 onwards. Bunch of BS I agree.
--
Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On 10/15/05, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>
> How many companies, in the US and Europe, use the word Volks. Can
> German-speaking people legitimately use the word now, or will it be
> retired from the language?
>
> Is this a move by VW or VoA?
>
> If it's from VW, then the Germans can shut up about America be a
> litigious society. If it's from VoA, it's just more of the same crap we
> Amercians have to put up with because we have judges that are too
> stupid to understand our own copyright laws.
>
> Jim