OT - genuine ISO?

[David WE Roberts]

"ISO is a trademark owned by Channel Well Technology (CWT)"

Does the International Standards Organisation know about this?

[Nightjar]

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There can, in theory, be up to 45 different companies in one country quite legitimately using the same word or initials as a trade mark. That is the number of different categories of mark and having a mark in one category does not prevent someone else having a mark in a different one. It also depends where the mark is registered, nationally or internationally, as many marks are only registered in one country or one region (e.g. the EU).

Colin Bignell

[Brian Gaff]

Does seem odd does it not. Mind you there are other terms with multiple meanings as I found out when I searched for CBT, Cognotive Behavioural Therapy.

Brian

[whisky-dave]

Unless it's Apples ;-)

[whisky-dave]

The best one is AA, alcoholics anonymous and the automobile association .

[Andrew May]

And American Airlines, who have managed to nab aa.com. Wonder if they got in early and if not how much they paid for it?

[David WE Roberts]

>>>>> "ISO is a trademark owned by Channel Well Technology (CWT)"

Could be some confusion over ISO standards, electrical goods, and conformity though.

[Robin]

Answer to the first part of your question is at

part is probably buried deep in the accounts (if the IT team had their way, very, very deeply).

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

"aquired it's domain". Grrr.

[David WE Roberts]

> "ISO is a trademark owned by Channel Well Technology (CWT)"

They do now!

"

that "ISO is a trademark owned by Channel Well Technology (CWT)" when advertising the product "Genuine ISO 12V 5A (60W, Model: KPA-060F) AC Adapters" Just notifying you in case this is in contravention of your trade marks. " elicited "Dear Sir, Thank you for your email. We will be taking the appropriate course of action. Sincerely, Claudia MacMaster Tamarit, Esq. Intellectual Property Rights Manager ISO Central Secretariat

1, ch de la Voie-Creuse P.O. Box 56 CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland"

Which could mean anything from court action to f*ck all. :-)

Cheers

Dave R