| Home |
| Search |
| Today's Posts |
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
|
I got the impression that the OP was planning on giving a name to an
antenna design, like "windom" or "G5RV," not a particular commercial product. I don't think it would infringe on anyone's trademarks in that case. He's probably concerned more about avoiding the confusion of duplicating someone's existing name. The trademark protects businesses like Diamond Antenna from other people using similar names or marks to derive sales from their presumably hard-earned reputation. If people could potentially become confused by the name "Dim Diamond" and spend money on you, even if you're not competing with Diamond, then Diamond are legally obligated to take action against your use of their name. If you are just naming the antenna design and publishing construction notes, there is not a great likelihood of confusion; it's harder to confuse constructing your own antenna with purchasing someone else's. Therefore there's not much likelihood of upsetting anyone at Diamond. Besides, some trademark holders must necessarily be less agressive. You wouldn't expect Neil Diamond and the De Beers company to come after you. Oh yeah.. The number implies an engineering background. I'm proud to say that this marketing gag doesn't work on me, and I hope it doesn't work on many other hams. At least the name "Joey" tells you it's from Australia and comes in a pouch. |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Imax ground plane question | CB | |||
| Discone antenna plans | Antenna | |||
| Yaesu FT-857D questions | Equipment | |||
| LongWire Antenna | Shortwave | |||
| EH Antenna Revisited | Antenna | |||