On Thu, 27 Jun 1996 04:34:07 +0200 Eric Thomas said: >company that had prior use. Then the other company can complain and may >take the trademark away from you even though you had it registered. >Registration however is required in order to prosecute. While >registration is recommended, it is not necessary in order to have rights >to a mark. > Eric is, as usual, correct. This exactly parallels copyright law, which does NOT require the registration of anything for it to be copyright. It is copyright by the act of creation. Whether I put a notice of copyright on this message or not, whether I send it to Copyright Office with appropriate forms and fees, it IS copyrighted. dan, also not a lawyer, thank God. Dan Lester, Network Information Coordinator Albertsons Library, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725 USA [log in to unmask] http://cyclops.idbsu.edu/ How can one fool make another wise? Kansas, "No One Together," 1979