RE: (erielack) Slgihtly off-topic...

["Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>]

Michael, please.  Read the message, and click on the links, and take a good look at the images that
the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD is trying to trademark.

There has already been case law that you cannot trademark the word "American" or the American Flag.

SGL 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org 
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of Michael Sheehy
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:25 PM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Slgihtly off-topic...
> 
> Who is trying to copyright the American Flag, why are they 
> doing it, and how are they claiming any exclusive rights to it?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org]On Behalf Of Schuyler Larrabee
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:05 PM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Slgihtly off-topic...
> 
> 
> All this makes me annoyed, and I think UP is being stupid 
> about this.  But there is one thing about this that really 
> makes me see red:  One of those images they're trademarking 
> is THE AMERICAN FLAG!
> 
> They can't do that.  It belongs to US!!
> 
> SGL
> 
> 
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