[Fredslist] Trademarks

[Mancinelli Steven]

News headlines are not trademark use. 
The R in a circle means a Federally registered trademark. The TM (or SM for that matter) designation means a party is self-proclaiming his/her trademark rights but in truth has no legal significance at all. 

Steven Mancinelli
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On Feb 25, 2012, at 10:47 AM, newthynk at aol.com wrote:

> An inquiry: 
> 
> "Linsanity" has already been in News headlines, can one still trademark it if it has been in use by others? 
> 
> And, how protective is a TM? I thought a (R) for Registered was more protective.
> 
> Geraldine Newman
> NEWTHYNK.com
> 212.988.3395
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fklein <fklein at legal.org>
> To: Freds List <fredslist at gothamnetworking.com>
> Sent: Sat, Feb 25, 2012 8:21 am
> Subject: [Fredslist] Trademarks
> 
> Please click on www.gothamnetworking.com/blogs/posting.php?bid=2207 to see what 
> our Webmaster is thinking of trademarking. 
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