Use of the name The Paranoids

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But then, there was Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias on Stiff....Los 
Paranoias just doesn't seem as, um....

mars

At Tuesday 10:55 am 8/15/00 -0700, you wrote:


>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
>
> > 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.