He Says He Owns the Word 'Stealth' (Actually, He Claims 'Chutzpah,' Too)

[George Thompson]

I'm tempted to trademark the word "trademark" and then sue the bejesus
out of Stoller for abusing it.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bapopik at AOL.COM
Date: Monday, July 4, 2005 1:15 pm
Subject: Re: He Says He Owns the Word 'Stealth' (Actually, He
Claims 'Chutzpah,' Too)

> This is an old story. People such as Stoller trademark a popular
> word such
> as "stealth," claim they want to put it on everything under the
> sun, and then
> claim they "own" the word. It's legitimate in a legitimate
> business (such as
> "Microsoft"), but his only legitimate business is threatening to
> take people
> to  court to shake them down for money.  I hope SONY fights and
> wins and
> doesn't pay the legal extortion. You can't trademark a name like
> this. Heck, I  can
> even make a movie called "Dracula."
> ...
> I discussed "squared circle" many years ago, but didn't have that
> early a
> date at that time. It was a popular title on newspaper boxing
> columns in New
> York.
>