According to a friend of mine who's a trademark lawyer at the US Patent and
Trademark Office, if the owner of a trademark does not attempt to defend it, it
can be lost.  This may be what the UNO folks have in mind.
 
This is something which can affect trademarked names like Rollerblade, Xerox,
or Kleenex, which people use all the time as generic names, but I sincerely
doubt that any college hockey team has anything to worry about.
 
 
 
On Sep 10,  9:56am, Adam Wodon wrote:
 
<snip>
 
> > It's sounds absurd to
> > think that a college athletic department would waste time pursuing legal
> > action against non-profit, fan-operated web sites over a school logo.
> > But I guess it is an absurd world! :)
>
> That's the bigger point.  They can in they want to, but why want to?
>
> AW
>-- End of excerpt from Adam Wodon
 
 
 
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