At 1:05 AM +0200 9/11/97, Anonymous wrote:

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I am advised by Mark Hedges that Anonymizer, Inc. owns the trademark for the product name "Anonymizer" and at his request I have changed name of the tea remailer to 'Tea Remailer'.

Generic terms can't be trademarked.

Did they provide you with the UK or European trademark number? If not, the claim likely is fraudulent.

I really don't understand this reaction. We asked Antonomasia nicely to rename his remailer. He very kindly agreed. The Trademark registration has been filed, but not yet approved. It is a long process. -Lance ---------------------------------------------------------- Lance Cottrell loki@infonex.com PGP 2.6 key available by finger or server. http://www.infonex.com/~loki/ "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come." --Nietzsche ----------------------------------------------------------

At 12:49 PM +0200 9/10/97, Alex de Joode wrote:

: : : I am advised by Mark Hedges that Anonymizer, Inc. owns the trademark : for the product name "Anonymizer" and at his request I have changed : name of the tea remailer to 'Tea Remailer'. : : I believe I have made changes everywhere the name appears. :

Do they own the trademark in the UK ? If not you can still use Anonymizer for whatever service you are providing in the UK.

-- EOF

But they had better not offer the servce over here. In any case, it is a trade mark whether registered or not. -Lance ---------------------------------------------------------- Lance Cottrell loki@infonex.com PGP 2.6 key available by finger or server. http://www.infonex.com/~loki/ "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come." --Nietzsche ----------------------------------------------------------