Subj : Re:OT: Copy right an Acronym? To : All From : macahan Date : Thu Dec 19 2002 12:42 am Dunno. But I found one interesting piece and that is that there is one other company that have trademarked USO in their trademark logo. The trademark looks the same like the ones I recall the law firm was referencing and if that is the case then they are in violation of each other and or someone is trying to pull a fast one. - Eje S> do any of these companies refer to themselves's as uso? or does it make a S> difference? S> At 08:55 PM 12/18/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>Whoever thinks they own the acronym USO is going to have to fight with >>lots of bigger fish than a little tradewars tourney... >> >>The USO (United Service Organizations) is chartered by the Congress as >>a non-profit charitable corporation >> >>Also... >> >>Ultra Stable Oscillator >>Unidentified Submarine Object >>Unique Sink Orientation >>Universal Service Obligation >>Universal Service Order >>Unix Software Organization >> >> >>--- Silver Dragon wrote: >> > >> > Today Mac from Fen got a 15 page letter stating that USO is a copy >> > righted trademark of some other company. Understandable. Does anyone >> > forsee the same issue if I typed it correctly as an acronym? like >> > U.S.O? can people copy right acronyms? I mean there is a U.S.O tennis >> > tourny as well as golf. >> > Silver Dragon (Moderator U.S.O 2003) --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- FEddy 1.4.03/modPHX * Origin: http://www.twgs.org -- THE Trade Wars web forum! (1:229/522.0) .