Dunno. But I found one interesting piece and that is that there is one
other company that have trademarked USO in their trademark logo.
The trademark looks the same like the ones I recall the law firm was
referencing and if that is the case then they are in violation of each
other and or someone is trying to pull a fast one.

- Eje

S> do any of these companies refer to themselves's as uso? or does it make a 
S> difference?

S> At 08:55 PM 12/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>>Whoever thinks they own the acronym USO is going to have to fight with
>>lots of bigger fish than a little tradewars tourney...
>>
>>The USO (United Service Organizations) is chartered by the Congress as
>>a non-profit charitable corporation
>>
>>Also...
>>
>>Ultra Stable Oscillator
>>Unidentified Submarine Object
>>Unique Sink Orientation
>>Universal Service Obligation
>>Universal Service Order
>>Unix Software Organization
>>
>>
>>--- Silver Dragon  wrote:
>> >
>> > Today Mac from Fen got a 15 page letter stating that USO is a copy
>> > righted trademark of some other company. Understandable. Does anyone
>> > forsee the same issue if I typed it correctly as an acronym? like
>> > U.S.O? can people copy right acronyms? I mean there is a U.S.O tennis
>> > tourny as well as golf.
>> > Silver Dragon (Moderator U.S.O 2003)

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