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A Fight Over the Abandoned STRATOTONE Guitar Brand - Federal District Court Picks a Winner
2015-12-18 04:54:20| Telecom - Topix.net
A recent federal district court decision involving the iconic STRATOTONE guitar brand, Agler v. Westheimer Corp. illustrates two important principles concerning the law of trademark abandonment: First, once a mark is deemed legally abandoned, it can be adopted by a third party unrelated to the legacy mark owner so long as no false representations are made about an affiliation or relationship with the original owner.
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