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unusual facts about registered trademark



Charactron

Charactron was a U.S. registered trademark (number 0585950, 23 February 1954) of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair) for its shaped electron beam cathode ray tube.

Frescata

Frescata is a registered trademark of Wendy's restaurants, and was used to refer to its now discontinued line of cold sandwiches.

Negator

Neg'ator (registered trademark) - a type of coiled spring developed in the early 1980s, whose unique characteristic is its ability to provide a constant force regardless of its extended length.


see also

American Health, Inc.

"Chewable Original Papaya Enzyme" with the attached registered trademark, "The 'After Meal Supplement'".

Central Music Company

CME is the registered trademark of Central Music Company, a musical high-tech company founded in Beijing, China in 1993.

Garrett

Garrett AiResearch, a former manufacturer of turbochargers and turbine engines (Garrett is a registered trademark for such turbochargers now manufactured by Honeywell, Inc.)

Macintosh startup

The Mac startup chime is now a registered trademark in the United States, and is featured in the 2008 film WALL-E when the titular robot character is fully recharged by solar panels.

Net Promoter

"Net Promoter Score" is a customer loyalty metric developed by (and a registered trademark of) Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix.

Pentax

The name "Pentax" was originally a registered trademark of the East German VEB Zeiss Ikon (from "Pentaprism" and "Contax") but, as all Germans patents were annulled with the country's defeat, the name "Pentax" was taken by the Asahi Optical company in 1957.

RealSalt

Real Salt is a brand and a registered trademark of a rock salt mined near the town of Redmond, Utah.

Tater

Tater Tots, registered trademark for a commercial form of hash browns, a deep-fried grated potato side-dish

Tyrolit

TYROLIT, a registered trademark, was named after the mineral Tyrolite, first described in 1845 in Tyrol.