Actually Riley was trademarked May 4th of 1999 to the Rover Group. Plot
thickens!!!
Patrick Bowen
-----Original Message-----
From: Musson, Carl [mailto:musson@chekhov.arts.usf.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:01 AM
To: 'Bowen, Patrick'; 'Triumphs@autox.team.net'
Cc: 'Spitfires@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: Is Triumph coming Back???
It may have just been a protective action. With the sale of the Rover
Group, they didn't want any confusion. Did you check the Riley name?
C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bowen, Patrick [SMTP:pbowen@intellinetics.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:48 AM
> To: 'Triumphs@autox.team.net'
> Cc: 'Spitfires@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Is Triumph coming Back???
>
>
> I was researching trademarks today for work and got curious, so I checked
> Triumph. Well there were 237 trademarks with the Triumph name in them, of
> interest was the fact that on October 19th of 2000 BMW trademarked
> Triumph,
> I was not able to find an earlier trademark on the marque. So why the
> sudden interest in Triumph, a marque that has not been used in 20 years?
> I
> know last year they refused to sell the Triumph and Riley name. HMMM, Now
> I
> am getting Curious.
> Anybody have inside info.
> Here is an exact copy of what is on file with the US Patent and Trademark
> Office
> Typed Drawing
> ---
> Word Mark Triumph
> Goods and Services IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: Parts for
> Vehicles. FIRST USE 18950000. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19500000
> Mark Drawing Code (1) Typed Drawing
> Serial Number 76149572
> Filing Date October 19, 2000
> Owner (APPLICANT) Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
> CORPORTATION
> FED REP GERMANY Petuelring 130 D-80788 Muenchen FED REP GERMANY
> Attorney of Record Martin Fleit
> Type of Mark TRADEMARK
> Register Principal
> Live/Dead Indicator Live
>
>
> Patrick Bowen, Getting Curious in Ohio
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