Word: trademark
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...peace hieroglyphic is ubiquitous. It has appeared hanging around the necks of G.I.s in Viet Nam; on a fast-selling line of women's dresses; fashioned into belt buckles, cuff links, rings and tie clasps. Lately, two firms have tried separately to register the symbol as a commercial trademark (the U.S. Patent Office has ruled that out). An Alexandria, Va., firm is now marketing a clip-on typewriter key bearing the symbol. One prospective customer is Sally Sanders, a reporter for the Redding, Conn., Pilot. She plans to type it at the end of her copy instead...
...government yesterday barred the use of the international peace symbol as a commercial trademark, handing a victory to antiwar forces...
Commissioner of Patents William E. Schuyler Jr. refused registration of the circle and inverted "y" symbol in one case and then announced he is prohibiting its use for trademark purposes by other applicants...
Schuyler said he thought the symbol "could not properly function as a trademark subject to registration by the patent office...
...added that he has instructed the director of the trademark examining operation to refuse the application of Intercontinent Shoe Co. of New York to use the symbol...