 Poster: A snowHead
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Just had an email from Steamboat, and it appears that they, or at least someone has registered the term "Champagne Powder"...!
http://www.steamboat.com/
Thoughts?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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From advice our company trademarks and patents lawyer has given us in the past, a UK court would not accept that trade mark, since 'champagne' and 'powder' are recognized words. Which begs the question of 'Apple' and 'Windows' I know - but maybe Apple and Microsoft have such menacing teams of lawyers that no one wants to take them on - and they may also be relying on being able to accuse other companies as passing off their products if they use 'Apple or 'Windows'
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Its a funny old game Trademarks, Copyright, Patent and IP rights, very good for the lawyers to make money out of.
I have been invloved with a few cases, one was when I was making toys we were sent a bill for £40K for using a Smiley Face, a French guy had trademarked the smiley face and then they tried it on by billing me, funny thing was that they sort of forgot that they had no registration for the toy market and only had a 2 dimsional image registered.
Their bill was sent back with a nice little letter from our solicitors for damages 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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A friend's dad once sent a cease and desist note to another company who was using his very distinctive cartoon firefighter... The retunred letter showed that it was actually a royalty free clip art image from one of those clipart CDs... 
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My mate went to Steamboat 'Champagne powder' and it rained the whole week they were there.....class!
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Without wishing to sound too, you know... French about this, surely what they've got is actually Domestically-Produced-Non-Vintage-Sparkling-White-Wine Powder (TM)?
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Pah! Compared to Alta, Steamboat is distinctly Pomagne Powder.
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