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		<title>Colt shoots self in foot with trademark enforcement</title>
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		<description>Colt shoots self in foot with trademark enforcement</description>
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				<title><![CDATA[And what about M&amp;Ms? Do they]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[And what about M&amp;Ms? Do they require ammunition?
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Better yet, if I buy one of thos]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Better yet, if I buy one of those M3 roadsters, will I get searched at the border for weapons?
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Okay, but I guess what I`m askin]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Okay, but I guess what I`m asking is what differentiates a name like,
"rifle" from "M4?" I think you`re saying you can`t trademark "The Rifle
Company." Right? But why is that different from "The M4 rifle?"
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[The name of a thing can`t functi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The name of a thing can`t function as a trademark for a company selling that thing - be it a type of rifle, travel machine, etc..]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Okay, so what`s the difference b]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Okay, so what`s the difference between the name "M4," and the name
"aeroplane?" In other words, why couldn`t the Wright brothers have
trademarked or copyrighted the term (supposing they`d come up with it)?
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[What Colt did wrong was to use t]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Colt-shoots-self-in-foot-with-trademark-enforcement.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[What Colt did wrong was to use the term M4 generically and not object when others did so.&nbsp; It was partly about timing and partly about their own mistakes and misuse of their trademark.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I come from a long line of peopl]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I come from a long line of people filled with wind. I`m not worried.
]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[CraigL: Move fast. `Blow Hard Es]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[CraigL: Move fast. `Blow Hard Estates` files in the morning...&nbsp;
]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[WHAT?!! Long-winded? Moi?&nbsp; ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[WHAT?!! Long-winded? Moi?&nbsp; I`ll trademark "Long-Winded" before some mountain resort grabs it!
]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[What Colt did wrong was to not p]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Colt-shoots-self-in-foot-with-trademark-enforcement.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[What Colt did wrong was to not protect the trademark in the first place - the lawsuit wasn`t wrong, it was simply too late.Protecting IP needs to happen early, not after the marketplace usage defines the mark as common usage.Good example is]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 3:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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