Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 15:07:48 PDT
From: dan@hewm.COM (Dan Appelman)
Subject: Re: You might be interested in this? (fwd)
Message-Id: <9309081507.0.UUL1.3#5289@hewm.COM>
To: fido.wps.com!tomj@hewm.COM
Cc: dan@hewm.COM
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 8 Sep 1993 12:11:42 +0000 (WET DST)
Status: OR

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> Subject: You might be interested in this? (fwd)
> To: hewm.COM!dan (Dan Appelman)
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> Someone forwarded me a message from Germany, saying they had
> successfully registered "FIDO" in Germany as a trademark. Is this
> possible? It is most definitely in the FidoNet world.
> 
> Wouldn't even a cursory search turn up the U.S. registration? Should I
> persue this?
> 
> 
> -- 
>   Tom Jennings -- tomj@wps.com -- World Power Systems -- San Francisco, Calif.
These things are amazingly local.  People filing
in Germany wouldn't do a search which includes the
US, so it's not surprising that the Germans didn't
find your US registration.

Also, in most of the world, including Germany, the
first to file in a country gets the right in that
country even if there's a prior registration somewhere
else.  That leaves you with two choices: forget it
or negotiate a settlement giving you the German ownership
of the mark.

Let me know what you decide to do.

Dan