(This is a bit off subject...) "Ping-Pong" the game is still trademarked by Parker Brothers. Dates back to early 1930s. That is why all generic sporting associations have the term "table tennis" in their names rather than ping-pong. Other "ping pong" trademarks are apparently out there, but not for games or sports--as that would confuse the consumer--products are too dissimilar. There used to be ping pong ice cream. I guess that there could be a legal trademark for "Project Gutenberg" ice cream or maybe a board game, but not a literature storage and distribution concern. "Asprin" was lost by Bayer. Someone told me that this is why today all generic names for medicines are cumbersome--that way when the patent expires, competetors have to sell a product with an ugly name. The original patent holder still has the "nice" sounding trademark. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> Sent: Sep 2, 2004 11:39 AM To: The gutvol-d Mailing List <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Re: unauthorized PG venders (fwd) Legally I have to send off such a message to defend the trademark, if you don't, you end up losing the trademark, as with aspirin, ping pong, etc. Apirin was Bayer's trademark, Ping Pong was from Westinghouse, as I recall. mh

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