Re: (TV) Television: the name

[Paul Dubiansky <thedubes@bellsouth.net>]

Now that I read it back, saying it got unanimous approval but no one 
really liked it looks odd, but those of you who've been there would know 
what I mean. The band had a unanimous approval rule which didn't really 
work well. That would certainly be one reason we never got any letters 
from DuPont.

Mark G. Ryan wrote:

>Paul Dubiansky <thedubes@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>I was in a band named Cellophane World. We had an 11x14 piece of paper 
>>covered on both sides with proposed names. It was the only name that got 
>>unanimous approval. It was also one of the few names that none of us 
>>really liked. Does that kind of outcome sound familiar to anyone?
>>
>>    
>>
>
>You're band was lucky that DuPont lost their trademark right to
>"cellophane" in a landmark court case (DuPont Cellophane Co. Inc. v. 
>Waxed Products Co. Inc, 85 F.2d75 (2nd Cir. 1936)).  
>
>Otherwise, if your band had recorded anything under that name, it 
>might have gotten a nasty "cease and desist" letter from DuPont's
>attorneys alleging dilution of trademark.  How musicians are supposed 
>to navigate the legal minefield when they have no money is beyond me!
>
>(In case anyone's interested: I believe that Judge Learned Hand found 
>that "cellophane" had become a generic term, and so could no longer be 
>claimed as the exclusive intellectual property of DuPont.  Trademarks 
>must be used as adjectives, not nouns, so if you ever invent something,
>watch out.)
>
>Mark
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