<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div>My understanding is that trademarks/copyrights transfer to new owners of said copyrighter, in this instance it would be NS...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That is if they are still under copyright as Bruce has highlighted. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Martin <br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 Nov 2024 18:17, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 8:10 AM Jim wrote:</span></div></div><div class="elided-text"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">All,<div>Are N&W logos still under copyright or are they public domain?  If the former, who would a manufacturer contact to obtain permission to use them on a product?</div><div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small">Check the U.S. Patent Office</div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small">According to this, the registration of the hamburger logo "was not renewed and therefore has expired."</div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=72295250&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch">https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=72295250&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch</a></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small">However, NW is registered: "The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color."</div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73594840&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch">https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73594840&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch</a></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small">To expand on the search, start here: <a href="https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information">https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information</a></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small">Bruce in Blacksburg</div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div></div>
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