(Image/Photo Source: PerthNow.com; Picture/Photo by: Tim Marsden)
The volunteer lifesaver populace is raging in Australia where it seems that the national governing body of Surf Lifesaving has recently registered the trademark "LIFEGUARD" for merchandise, including apparel, which has quite a number of local surf lifesaving organizations and clubs up in arms.
Here is one headline:
Beach warfare as Surf Life Saving Australia trademarks the term 'lifeguard'
http://bit.ly/kefc0L
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http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/caught-off-guard-by-a-name/story-e6frg2qc-1226078930385
In the U.S., there is a commercial entity out of New York that claims registered trademark rights to LIFEGUARD for apparel, etc. and that is active and aggressive in their defense of this term as a trademark as well. The undersigned has encountered this third party in the past when an L.A. based client received a cease and desist letter from said NY entity claiming rights to the mark, LIFEGUARD. In my opinion, they seem to concentrate on the small fish and are not as aggressive against big money companies that incorporate the term, LIFEGUARD, on apparel.
Stay tuned for more on this developing story from down under.
William Maguire, Esq.,
Los Angeles, Calif.
www.TrademarkEsq.com
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