Meanwhile, a British woman has filed for a patent on
herself. In her application, Donna Maclean wrote, "I
wish to protect myself from unauthorized exploitation,
genetic or otherwise. I am new. I have led a private
existence and have not made the invention of myself
public. I am not obvious."
from
http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/stories/A18165-2000Mar8.html
Peronally I don't think a patent will fly, but why not
a service mark, provided it meets the usual
requirements.
--- Bruce Alan Wilson/DiplomAssist
<dipast@matrixinet.com> wrote:
> Answers, please to solosez@mail.abanet.org or to
> inox@bellatlantic.net .
> NOT TO ME, please!!
>
> Bruce Alan Wilson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin J. Zygmontas, Esq."
> <inox@bellatlantic.net>
> To: <SOLOSEZ@MAIL.ABANET.ORG>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 2:18 PM
> Subject: Serrvice Marks
>
>
> > This may seem like a very odd question, but
> thought I would run
> > it by a few other attorneys. Can a model obtain a
> service mark for
> > her modeling name?
> > I know that a service mark is "a mark used in
> the sale or
> > advertising of services to identify the services
> of one person and
> > distinguish them from the services of others,"
> however I was wondering
> > if there were any issues surrounding such a use.
> It seems ok to me,
> > but this is something I haven't come across
> before.
> >
> >
> > --Kevin Z.
> mailto:inox@bellatlantic.net
> >
>
>
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