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I doubt if it is a "trademark" as much as a copyright. Copyrights 
especially those before 1979 when the new law went into effect expire 
after 28 years and become public domain.

There is also the fair use clause which says if you are not using it for 
profit or to sell something or using it for education purposes you can 
use it independent of copyrights. The case of the CTR I suspect falls 
under the fair use clause.

Truman

Linda Marins wrote:
> > From very early in the AERC history "To Finish is to Win" was a
> > well used slogan so much so that it has achieved the status of a 
> > common law trademark. A legitimate complaint could be made 
> > against other users of the phrase in connection with horse activities.
> >     
>
> I'm not so sure this is true.  Unregistered trademarks are worth
> about as much as the organization is willing to pay to defend
> them, after some deep pockets has gone and registered it.
>
> Remember the blow-up five or six years ago about Ariat trying to
> register "Tevis" as a trademark for their new riding sneaker?
> On the other hand, maybe you're right.  I never got the details
> of the story, but the WSTF did get Ariat to back off.  Dunno
> how they did it, or whether WSTF subsequently registered "Tevis"
> themselves.
>
> Linda Marins
>
>
>
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smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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