Trivia: Minolta abandons "Improve Your Image" trademark - January 27, 2007

[Peter Blaise Monahon]

Word Mark	IMPROVE YOUR IMAGE
Goods and Services	(CANCELLED) IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: computer peripherals, namely, laser printers, input-output controllers, optical scanners, photocopying machines, digital still cameras, LCD projectors for computers, optical disks, disk exchangers, file servers, database servers, communications servers, computers and computer software for use in digital imaging; and parts and accessories therefor, namely, sheet tray, sheet cassette, memory chips, duplex unit, imaging cartridges and component parts therefor, document feeders, sorters units, staplers units. FIRST USE: 19970701. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19970701
Mark Drawing Code	(1) TYPED DRAWING
Design Search Code
Serial Number	75306068
Filing Date	June 10, 1997
Current Filing Basis	UNKNOWN
Original Filing Basis	1B
Published for Opposition	February 16, 1999
Registration Number	2345918
Registration Date	April 25, 2000
Owner	(REGISTRANT) Minolta Kabushiki Kaisha (Minolta Co., Ltd.) CORPORATION JAPAN Osaka Kokusai Building, 3-13, 2-chome Azuchi-machi Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 541 JAPAN
Attorney of Record	ANDREW L GOLDSTEIN
Type of Mark	TRADEMARK
Register	PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator	DEAD
Cancellation Date	January 27, 2007

 

... well, just browsing around the US Trademark Office, and I also notice Minolta abandoning this:

 

Word Mark	UNLIMITED EDITION
Goods and Services	(CANCELLED) IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: copying machines and parts thereof; accessories for copying machines, namely, paper feeding devices, sorting and stacking devices and staplers for copying machines. FIRST USE: 19991201. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19991201
Mark Drawing Code	(1) TYPED DRAWING
Design Search Code
Serial Number	75321664
Filing Date	July 9, 1997
Current Filing Basis	UNKNOWN
Original Filing Basis	1B
Published for Opposition	May 5, 1998
Registration Number	2345928
Registration Date	April 25, 2000
Owner	(REGISTRANT) Minolta Kabushiki Kaisha (Minolta Co., Ltd.) CORPORATION JAPAN Osaka Kokusai Building, 3-13, 2-chome Azuchi-machi Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 541 JAPAN
Attorney of Record	ANDREW L GOLDSTEIN
Type of Mark	TRADEMARK
Register	PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator	DEAD
Cancellation Date	January 27, 2007

 

... Minolta seems to be actively abandoning a whole lot even now, a year after they abandoned the photogrpahy business and all us Minolta Photographers.  Geesh!

 

Ahh well.

 

Just some trivia comin' at ya.

 

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Love and hugs,

 

Peter Blaise,

(Old) Minolta Rokkor Alpha DiMage Photographer