SA>Well, hopefully you won't be the first that you know of!  :)
  Amen!
SA>I can understand them wanting to protect their intellectual property
SA>interests, but to me, trademarking *names* is a little too anal for my
SA>tastes.  Next thing you know, they'll be trademarking "phasers" and
SA>"Heisenberg (sp?) Compensators".  Where will it end?
  I makes a certain amount of sense.  It paves the way to sue anyone who
  is making lots of money on unliscensed Trek merchandising. It is sort
  of annoying, but I think that cutting into P'mount's profits is where
  it cuts.
SA>I can see it now... Paramount trademarks enough names and items, and when
SA>it comes time for the scientific/industrial world to produce them for
SA>real, they'll all have to pay licensing and royalty fees to the big "P"!
SA>Better stop now... that thought just gave me on slobber-knocker of a
SA>headache...
SA>Steve
        I seriously doubt that this would happen.
Jay P. Hailey 
 * OLX 2.1 TD * "Great eaters know it's the amount that counts." Garfield
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