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IRRA® has been awarded a Federal trademark

Started by IRRA Retro Racing , May 28 2014 02:38 PM

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Posted 28 May 2014 - 02:38 PM

The IRRA® Board of Directors is pleased to announce that, after a process lasting over sixteen months, the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted US Federal Trademark status to the organization's logo. This is why the claimed trademark notation of ™ recently has been replaced with the registered trademark notation of ® in numerous places here at Slotblog and on the IRRA® website.

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Why is this such a big deal? Registered trademark status will allow IRRA® to better protect its "brand" and to ensure that when a race is advertised as using IRRA® rules, those rules will be followed exactly as written for the benefit of all racers and for Retro racing itself.

As far as we have been able to determine, this is the very first time a slot car sanctioning or rulesmaking body has secured a federal trademark registration for its logo.

(posted for the IRRA® Board by Greg Wells)
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IRRA® Board of Directors: Jay Guard, Dom Luongo, Mike McMasters, Joe Neumeister, Mike Swiss




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Posted 28 May 2014 - 04:33 PM

Congratulations!

 

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Posted 28 May 2014 - 04:52 PM

I am glad it worked out in your favor.

 

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Posted 28 May 2014 - 05:47 PM

The outcome was never in doubt. Just a matter of time.

 

Congratulations.


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Posted 28 May 2014 - 05:51 PM

:clapping:  :good:


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Posted 28 May 2014 - 05:52 PM

That is incredible; Greg and team ~ congrats!   :)
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Posted 29 May 2014 - 01:13 PM

Greg, I'll change my use of the term on my website to now include the circle R if you wish?

Did you realize it's a Service Mark and not a Trade Mark you were granted?


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Posted 29 May 2014 - 01:18 PM

That would be fine, Victor.
 
Yes, and we are aware of the difference. For those who don't know, here is the exact language from the Trademark office:
 
What is a trademark?
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination thereof, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.

 

What is a service mark?
A service mark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination thereof, that identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than goods. The term "trademark" is often used to refer to both trademarks and service marks.

 

They're basically the same, it's just that one is for goods and one is for services.


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Posted 29 May 2014 - 02:58 PM

Greg, congratulations, IRRA® finally got the trademark that Noose claimed you had two years ago.   :victory:


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Posted 29 May 2014 - 03:12 PM

From the USPTO website:

"If you claim rights to use a mark, you may use the "TM" (trademark) or "SM" (service mark) designation to alert the public to your claim of ownership of the mark, regardless of whether you have filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)."


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Posted 31 May 2014 - 12:06 AM

There you go again, Greg, confusing us with facts.
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Posted 31 May 2014 - 12:18 AM

Sam, if you had any idea about trademark law, but I will just consider the source. I tried to warn the IRRA members years ago, Sam, but it really does not matter now, nothing to win anyway, certainly nothing worth spending money on

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Posted 31 May 2014 - 07:57 AM

redbackspyder, on 31 May 2014 - 05:18 AM, said:

certainly nothing worth spending money on


It is kind of a shame that they were forced to spend money on it.

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Posted 31 May 2014 - 06:19 PM

redbackspyder, on 31 May 2014 - 05:18 AM, said:

Sam, if you had any idea about trademark law, but I will just consider the source. I tried to warn the IRRA members years ago, Sam, but it really does not matter now, nothing to win anyway, certainly nothing worth spending money on


But worth you flappin' yer gums about.
 
Well... tappin' yer keyboard about.
 
So Mill,... what part of what Greg said is not true? Since you know so much about trademark law. Just the facts. No BS.

 

Greg's facts came from  the USPTO.


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Posted 01 June 2014 - 06:30 AM

Pappy, on 31 May 2014 - 12:57 PM, said:

It is kind of a shame that they were forced to spend money on it.


And we all know who is responsible for that. And I shop accordingly. Vote with your dollars, boys and girls.
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Posted 01 June 2014 - 08:30 AM

Guys, this was announcement post, and not intended to engender off-topic discussion.

I'm closing it down.
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