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The All Seeing Eye.Originally posted by darmstadt View PostAnd it's triangular which plays into the Illuminati theory...The Triangle Earth Society - Home | Facebook
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And it's triangular which plays into the Illuminati theory...The Triangle Earth Society - Home | FacebookOriginally posted by Old Greg View PostAnd the One World Government illuminati mock you by putting it in plain sight on the UN flag.
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And the One World Government illuminati mock you by putting it in plain sight on the UN flag.Originally posted by Old Greg View PostThe earth is flat. The North Pole is the centre and the South Pole is the rim. That’s why the Antarctic Treaty effectively puts the circumferential continent under military control.
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Existing EU community marks will get copied over to UK system, US marks always separate.Originally posted by darmstadt View PostAnd the first one is for the USA. Does the UK have something in place regarding this starting 1/1/2021?
Bottom line - additional cost of having to get UK trademark on top of US/EU
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Originally posted by AtW View Post“ Unfortunately, acronyms, abbreviations – or even initials – are not automatically granted trademark protection. To qualify for trademark protection, the acronym, abbreviations or initials must not be descriptive and consumers must not be able to recognize them as synonymous with a particular product.”
HOW TO TRADEMARK ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSOriginally posted by eek View PostCompletely irrelevant for something that I only care about within the UK (and even then it's for strategy reasons more than anything else).And the first one is for the USA. Does the UK have something in place regarding this starting 1/1/2021?Originally posted by AtW View PostWon’t be relevant after 1 Jan 2021...
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What. Coining it isn't enough? Darn. I wish I'd know back in those dark days of the PCG as was.Originally posted by eek View PostCan I see evidence of your trademark?
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Completely irrelevant for something that I only care about within the UK (and even then it's for strategy reasons more than anything else).Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
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I know which is why I've Trade marked what was a googlewhack phrase for the second part of my current plan...Originally posted by AtW View Post“ Unfortunately, acronyms, abbreviations – or even initials – are not automatically granted trademark protection. To qualify for trademark protection, the acronym, abbreviations or initials must not be descriptive and consumers must not be able to recognize them as synonymous with a particular product.”
HOW TO TRADEMARK ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSLast edited by eek; 25 October 2020, 15:50.
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“ Unfortunately, acronyms, abbreviations – or even initials – are not automatically granted trademark protection. To qualify for trademark protection, the acronym, abbreviations or initials must not be descriptive and consumers must not be able to recognize them as synonymous with a particular product.”
HOW TO TRADEMARK ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
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The earth is flat. The North Pole is the centre and the South Pole is the rim. That’s why the Antarctic Treaty effectively puts the circumferential continent under military control.Originally posted by ladymuck View PostThere's a whole heap of sweet and savoury opinions here but I'd say we're all far too contrary to be brainwashed by anything. I bet there's even a flat earther or two lurking about just so they can have an argument about it.
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But I coined the acronym, so you have pay me half of the value of your invoices as licence.
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