August 16, 201114 yr Could you get trademark protection for an airplane called Nikee with a pair of shoes painted on the side? Sure, as long as the tires are non-marking.
August 16, 201114 yr Ifly also call their FSX version of the 737 NG that came out yesterday (contrary to those who claim it is old) of their 737 NG the "737 NG X" (note the extra space before the X). In both cases, the Xmeans the FSX version, so although I am not a patent attorney, I doubt that it can be copyrighted. They removed my thread about comparisons between the two (I read somewhere a n hour ago that it is AVSIM's policy not to allow comparisons of product on their website) so no comparisons please... Henri Henri Arsenault
August 16, 201114 yr The fact that iFly released a 737NG X would not prevent PMDG from registering a trademark. Companies frequently release products that run afoul of third party intellectual property rights.Again, Boeing is the issue here, as they arguably already own at least a portion of the mark.
August 16, 201114 yr Could you get trademark protection for an airplane called Nikee with a pair of shoes painted on the side? As long as you called it Air Nikee it would be fine.
August 16, 201114 yr Guys, whether something is or is not entitled to trademark protection depends on a whole host of issues. As Ryan suggests, because they used "NGX" in commerce they could potentially get it trademarked, Boeing issue notwithstanding. But, someone could complain that it isn't a valid trademark because it is merely descriptive, sicne it is merely an NG version for FSX. If they named it "Airplane", for example that wouldn't be something they could trademark. (This, by the way, is why comapnies like Xerox and Kleenex and morre recently Google fight so hard to keep their names from becoming verbs, as a mere description invalidates the trademark. A good example of this is Aspirin which used to be a trademarked name before it became the generic name for the drug.) If I created a soda, I could name it NGX, for example, without much problem from Boeing or PMDG. Just out of curosity, why does anyone care? Doug Orvis PP-ASEL-IA (USA), Based at KHEF Picture courtesy of Kyle Rodgers
August 16, 201114 yr Could you get trademark protection for an airplane called Nikee with a pair of shoes painted on the side? Kerry W. GipeSavannah Georgia, USAUS FAA A&P / Commercial Pilot Multi Engine Land IFRYour talent is a gift from God. How you use your talent is your gift back to God.
August 17, 201114 yr Ifly also call their FSX version of the 737 NG that came out yesterday (contrary to those who claim it is old) of their 737 NG the "737 NG X" (note the extra space before the X). In both cases, the Xmeans the FSX version, so although I am not a patent attorney, I doubt that it can be copyrighted. They removed my thread about comparisons between the two (I read somewhere a n hour ago that it is AVSIM's policy not to allow comparisons of product on their website) so no comparisons please... Henri Ifly also call their FSX version of the 737 NG that came out yesterday (contrary to those who claim it is old) of their 737 NG the "737 NG X" (note the extra space before the X). In both cases, the Xmeans the FSX version, so although I am not a patent attorney, I doubt that it can be copyrighted. They removed my thread about comparisons between the two (I read somewhere a n hour ago that it is AVSIM's policy not to allow comparisons of product on their website) so no comparisons please... Henri The FSX iFly 737NG was released on 5/16/2011 - not yesterday. I have no idea where you go that... it is called the iFly B737NG for FSX. Do you just make this stuff up or what? DJ
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