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I just recieved a contract back from a couple who signed their names and then wrote "all rights reserved TM" underneath their names. I have been unable to reach them to clarify what they mean. Can someone trademark their signature? Anyone run into this before? I'm clueless.
-------------------- Eric Barker Rosewood Design LaGrande,Oregon Posts: 107 | From: La Grande, OR | Registered: May 2002
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Basically the "artwork" that is their signature would be covered by Copyright, not Trademark. Trademark will cover the actual names, as in "John Hancock" can be a trademark of the Company. If their name is a made up name, it may be Trademark-able. If there name is common, like Sally and Andrew Patterson, then they are full of themselves to think they can trademark the names so no one else could use them.
[ October 15, 2004, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: Gene Golden ]
-------------------- Gene Golden Gettysburg Signs Gettysburg PA 17325 717-334-0200 genegolden@gettysburgsigns.com
"Art is knowing when to stop." Posts: 1578 | From: Gettysburg, PA | Registered: Jun 2003
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They're just normal names. I thought it might be some new scam or something, that others had heard about. I guess they're just weird. I'll find out when they return next week. Thanks.
W.R.,
I grew up in Roanoke and always thought Richmond smelled funny too.
-------------------- Eric Barker Rosewood Design LaGrande,Oregon Posts: 107 | From: La Grande, OR | Registered: May 2002
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