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To: invoman
You will have to go to the Patent and Trademark Office but concievably he could be correct that you are violating his trademark.

From http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/whatis.htm...

A trademark is a word, name, symbol or device which is used in trade with goods to indicate the source of the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. A servicemark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. The terms "trademark" and "mark" are commonly used to refer to both trademarks and servicemarks.

Trademark rights may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark, but not to prevent others from making the same goods or from selling the same goods or services under a clearly different mark. Trademarks which are used in interstate or foreign commerce may be registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. The registration procedure for trademarks and general information concerning trademarks is described in a separate pamphlet entitled "Basic Facts about Trademarks".

23 posted on 04/15/2002 5:14:31 PM PDT by JAWs
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To: JAWs
Conceivably, yes.

But in reality...I think the guy is scum, he's deceived his customers in the past...and I think my "Get a Lawyer" response will be the last I hear of him.

25 posted on 04/15/2002 5:16:57 PM PDT by invoman
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