Trademarks don't apply to other lines of business. Cranbrook Academy can't claim trademark infirngement over a car called a Cranbrook, but can over say 'Cranbrook College'.
-Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I thought about this some more on my way to work this morning. The name is > used elsewhere: there's a Cranbrook Road and a Cranbrook Village, both > probably named after the academy, which I believe predates them. I think that > once you allow a name to be used in other ways it can no longer be considered > a trademark. Then again, I'm no expert in such matters. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Hi, >> >>Well, rereading my post I can see a small typo was made. It should have >>read 1953-54 Plymouth Cranbrook. >> >>I suppose some sort of licensing or advertising fees were arranged, just as >>they are now with various "signature" model cars and trucks. Still, the >>name Cranbrook may have older roots than just the academy, and maybe >>Chrysler took advantage of that possibility. >> >>A friend's father had a 1954 Plymouth Cranbrook that his son, Gary, and I, >>entered into a rally in NYC back in the mid-sixties. It was wild and lots >>of fun. The rally started in Greenwich Village, and the official starter >>was Jean Shephard (http://www.flicklives.com/Misc/who_is.htm) , who stood >>atop a parked car and gave us the go ahead. We followed a route through >>NYC, uptown, crosstown, all around the town, and ended up at the starting >>point. The neat thing about this event was that it was all in fun, there >>were no classes of entries - everyone was on the same footing and in the >>same "class" -and there were people like Gary and me (teenagers then) >>driving clunkers and such, all the way to up the scale to full-fledged >>rally cars and an entry from Luigi Chinetti's NART team driven by one of >>the shop mechanics. One guy entered with a chauffeur-driven Cad limo <LOL> >>and sat in the back with his wife or girl friend eating caviar, crackers, >>and sipping champagne while the chauffeur did the driving. >> >>Shel >>"The smallest feline is a masterpiece" - Leonardo da Vinci >> >> >> >> >>>[Original Message] >>>From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>Date: 9/5/2006 2:58:18 AM >>>Subject: Re: RE PESO: Cranbrook >>> >>>Thanks Shel. I'm not sure, but based on geography, I would guess that >>>Cranbrook Academy was the inspiration for the car name. Although I'm >>>surprised the foundation would let Chrysler use the name. Although the >>>fifties were a different era, weren't they? >>>On Sep 5, 2006, at 2:48 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Nicely done. Is that where the name of the 1954-54 >>>>Plymouth Cranbrook model came from? When I first >>>>saw the subject line I expected to see a pic of a classic car <LOL> >> >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
