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Martha Stewart has filed to trademark Katonah, the name of her current hometown, for use on her company’s products. The Katonah Village Improvement Society isn’t liking this one bit and is making plans to file a formal opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A lawyer for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has cited Nantucket Nectars and Philadelphia cream cheese as examples for placenames used as trademarks without negative consequences for the communities. The chocolate chip cookies Stewart brought to a recent neighborhood meeting apparently didn’t further her cause.

Written by ltao

March 29th, 2007 at 4:20 am

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