Eureka trademarked?

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In <CC159E.CDq@well.sf.ca.us> joko@well.sf.ca.us writes:

> 
> >Last note: the company that trademarked "Eureka" - I'm sorry. Now can
> >anyone tell me what name is NOT reserved / copyrighted / trademarked /
> >owned/possessed / wanted / pending / in work / lost ???
> 
> I must have missed something, but wasn't it Archimedes who went running
> through the street, naked, more than 2000 years ago yelling "Eureka"? Of
> course it was. How can the word be trademarked or copyrighted? Eureka is
> also the name of a city in California. It might also be the state of
> California's motto.
> 
hehe...:)

A nice guy passed me the hot tip NOT to use Eureka in future. (Thank you,
Larry!!!!!) I think the trademark or copyright (of a name) is only valid within
a "branch" and can be taken several times provided that the products do not
have anything in common (for example, you need not write the (R) in cookbooks
when discussing Apple pies:).

If anyone has a neat name, let me know...:)
 
Anyway, for the time being consider the "Eureka" on ccosun as an unfortunate
typo.

henrik

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