[LINK] 'Yellow Pages' as a Trademark

[Stilgherrian]

On 19/1/08 2:31 PM, "David Lochrin" <dlochrin at d2.net.au> wrote:
>    I suppose the key question is whether Sensis have registered the term in
> Australia.  In any event, I like the idea of publishing their demands for all
> to see so they can form their own opinion.

A search at http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au reveals 16 trademarks containing
"yellow pages", including "electronic yellow pages" and "talking yellow
pages". Nowhere can I see "the Yellow Pages directory" as a registered
trademark.

So where do they got off saying that you need to use "yellow pages" in a
particular grammatical form?

All these marks appear to be registered to Telstra Corporation Australia.

Disclaimer: This is the first time I've used this search tool so maybe I'm
missing some subtlety.

Stil


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