Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Getting confused -- trademark cohousing?

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hi all!  Jumping into the fray here...

Actually, the term "cohousing" is NOT trademarked and cannot be trademarked
because it is in common use.  Katie McCamant told me this last year when I
inquired.

Ann Zabaldo

Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC. -- America's
Hometown!
zabaldo [at] earthlink.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Stevenson" <tamgoddess [at] attbi.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_Getting confused


> Sharon, I think it might be trademarked.
> --
> Liz Stevenson
> Southside Park Cohousing
> Sacramento California
> tamgoddess [at] attbi.com
> > From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> > Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:25:30 -0500
> > To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_Getting confused
> >
> >> Another in the planning stages for 32
> >> units with a 2000 sgft common house.  Is this cohousing?
> >
> > Why wouldn't this be cohousing?
> >
> > And the problem is that the word is not trademarked. No one has to get
> > approval to use it (I don't think).
> >
> >
> > Sharon
> > --
> > Sharon Villines
> > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> > http://www.takomavillage.org
> >
> >
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