Use of the name The Paranoids

[Dermot Stoney]

----- Original Message -----
From: <Robert.Vassegh at bankofamerica.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Cc: <PeepSmersk at aol.com>
Sent: 15 August 2000 18:55
Subject: Use of the name The Paranoids


>
>
> I've read a little about trademarks especially as it pertains to bands,
and I
> agree with Paul.  If you really want to check, the Patent and trademark
office
> has an on-line database:
>
> http://trademarks.uspto.gov/access/search-mark.html
>
> I suggest "Los Paranoias"--the title of a song on Beatles "Anthology 3".
It
> flows better than The Paranoids.
>
> - Robert
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>That  names already been taken - Alberto y  Los Trios Paranoias, a UK-
Manchester based band from the mid '70s.

If TRP doesn't sue, Alberto sure as hell will

I'm with the V-read lobby.

DS

 "All over, people changin' votes
  Along with their overcots
  If Adolf Hitler flew in today,
  They'd send a limousine anyway".



> Hello -
> >
> > My name's J.P. Cyr, and I'm new to the list.
>
> [snip]
> > that we'd love to name ourselves The Paranoids;  however I seem > to
recollect
> reading somewhere that old Thomas grew quite
> > annoyed at someone who'd previously tried to do the same, to the >
extent of
> legally "blocking" the use of the name.
>
> Doubt if the use of ordinary words is actionable--would have been more of
a joke
> than anything else. But, hey, if you wanted to you could be "The
> Schizophrenics." Give the group a postmodern touch. Anyway good luck.
>
>                P.
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