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Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
By:Jay Babina
Date: 11/4/2017, 7:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Patent vs Trade Mark (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

As I read through all of these posts the interesting thing is kayak names. I don't think any manufacturers copyright their model names. Like Nordcapp, Arluk, Gulfstream, and on and on. It seems there's a gentlemen's agreement of first come first served. Once a company comes up with a model name its "there's. Advocet, or Explorer. There's a car called an Explorer. (Ford). Imagine if NDK got the name copyrighted and told Ford not to use it. Maybe in the big leagues like autos they get the models copyrighted? But in kayaks, its just seems like the models belong to the first to use it.

I once got a Cease and Desist from Bose. I "made up" the slogan "Hearing is believing" and a high-end audio client of mine used if for ads that I created. Bose was very cordial and understanding and didn't use it for years, never-the-less, they owned it. I apologized and that was that. I actually spoke with them on the phone and we had a few laughs about it. Life can be difficult or easy and its just up to the people involved as Etienne wrote.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: first multi-chine kayak
warren williamson -- 8/17/2015, 10:41 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Etienne Muller -- 8/18/2015, 3:44 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/18/2015, 8:12 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Justin -- 8/18/2015, 10:38 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/18/2015, 11:04 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Victor -- 8/18/2015, 11:41 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
warren williamson -- 8/18/2015, 12:17 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Justin -- 8/18/2015, 1:36 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
bsoderholm -- 8/18/2015, 3:08 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Justin -- 8/18/2015, 3:57 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Bill Hamm -- 8/18/2015, 10:19 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Pete -- 8/18/2015, 11:00 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Jay babina -- 10/20/2015, 11:43 am
Patent Foolishness
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/21/2015, 11:21 am
Patent 6779477 *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/19/2015, 8:48 am
Re: Patent 6779477
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2015, 5:07 pm
Re: Patent 6779477
Bill Hamm -- 10/20/2015, 3:26 am
Re: Patent 6779477
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/20/2015, 9:59 am
Re: Patent 6779477
Bill Hamm -- 10/20/2015, 2:00 pm
Re: Patent 6779477
Björn Thomasson -- 11/1/2017, 6:03 pm
Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent
mick allen -- 8/18/2015, 7:02 pm
Re: Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent
warren williamson -- 8/19/2015, 1:15 am
Recessed Ckpt Patent: the Guy
mick allen -- 8/19/2015, 3:47 am
Re: Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2015, 5:12 pm
Re: Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/20/2015, 8:15 am
Re: Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/19/2015, 8:56 am
Re: Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent
Rod Tait -- 8/19/2015, 11:37 am
Re: Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/19/2015, 1:04 pm
Re: Patents
Rod Tait -- 8/19/2015, 8:17 pm
Re: Patents
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/20/2015, 10:22 am
Re: Patents
Daniel Thaler -- 8/20/2015, 12:58 pm
Re: Patents
warren williamson -- 8/20/2015, 2:39 pm
Re: Patents
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/20/2015, 3:52 pm
Re: Patents
Rod Tait -- 8/20/2015, 4:40 pm
Re: Patents
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2015, 5:46 pm
Re: Patents
Shawn Jones -- 8/26/2015, 4:34 am
Re: Patents *PIC*
Shawn Jones -- 8/26/2015, 4:59 am
Re: Patents *PIC*
Dan Thaler -- 10/11/2015, 6:47 pm
Re: Patents
Alex Ferguson -- 11/2/2017, 6:20 am
Re: Patents
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/2/2017, 10:20 am
Re: Patents
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/2/2017, 11:01 am
Re: Pygmy Recessed Ckpt Patent
mick allen -- 8/19/2015, 10:11 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Brian Nystrom -- 8/19/2015, 7:30 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
daan Daaniels -- 10/18/2015, 2:53 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
daan Daniels -- 10/18/2015, 2:55 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Marc Upchurch -- 10/18/2015, 3:44 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/18/2015, 8:56 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Björn Thomasson -- 11/1/2017, 6:44 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
mick allen -- 11/1/2017, 7:41 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Björn Thomasson -- 11/2/2017, 4:15 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/2/2017, 8:36 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
mick allen -- 11/3/2017, 10:40 pm
Letters from Attorneys
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/2/2017, 9:14 am
Re: Letters from Attorneys
M A Bielski -- 11/3/2017, 7:55 am
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/3/2017, 9:19 am
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/3/2017, 12:26 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/3/2017, 5:01 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/3/2017, 5:19 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/3/2017, 5:21 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
M A Bielski -- 11/3/2017, 11:40 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Etienne Muller -- 11/4/2017, 6:26 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Jay Babina -- 11/4/2017, 7:33 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/4/2017, 8:24 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/4/2017, 11:17 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 11/5/2017, 3:50 am
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Etienne Muller -- 11/5/2017, 3:54 am
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Paul Sylvester -- 11/5/2017, 5:00 am
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark, names
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/5/2017, 4:40 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark, names
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/5/2017, 4:49 pm
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/5/2017, 8:54 am
Re: Patent vs Trade Mark
Jay Babina -- 11/5/2017, 6:35 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2017, 9:10 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2017, 9:37 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
LeeG -- 10/19/2015, 5:35 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
mick allen -- 10/20/2015, 1:26 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/20/2015, 11:00 am
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak *PIC*
mick allen -- 10/20/2015, 8:28 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/20/2015, 9:56 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
mick allen -- 10/21/2015, 4:06 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
mick allen -- 10/31/2017, 1:48 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/31/2017, 6:03 pm
Re: S&G: first multi-chine kayak
mick allen -- 10/31/2017, 7:32 pm