On 11/10/2013 08:51 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
>
> I do wonder about Nipper, though. Has anyone noticed Nipper on any
> Sony-owned reissues of RCA recordings? How did it shake out with Nipper,
> did RCA ever get worldwide ownership or just in the US?
>

The only live trademark registration for Nipper and His Master's Voice 
in the United States is Serial 71195205, owned by RCA Trademark 
Management Societe in France.

The registration covers the following, and my apologies to the list for 
it all being upper case, but this is copied and pasted from the USPTO 
website:

IC 007 009 011 012 015. US 021. G & S: RADIO APPARATUS, PARTS, AND 
APPURTENANCES--NAMELY, RADIO RECEIVING SETS, [SOUND AMPLIFYING HORNS 
HAVING TELEPHONE RECEIVERS,] LOUD SPEAKERS, [LOOPS,] [ MICROPHONES, ] 
RADIO RECEIVING SETS MOUNTED OR CONTAINED IN CABINETS WITH TALKING 
MACHINES, RADIO RECEIVING SETS ADAPTED FOR COMBINATION WITH TALKING 
MACHINES, RADIO RECEIVING SETS WHEREIN PARTS OF TALKING MACHINES ARE 
USED AS PARTS OF RADIO SETS, WHEREIN TALKING MACHINES ARE USED AS LOUD 
SPEAKERS, [AND WHEREIN THE SOUND AMPLIFYING HORNS OF TALKING MACHINES 
ARE PROVIDED WITH TELEPHONE RECEIVERS AND [ MICROPHONES ]; AND FOR 
ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED TALKING MACHINES] AND PARTS, SUPPLIES, 
[ACCESSORIES,] AND APPORTENANCES THEREFOR--NAMELY, ELECTRIC MOTORS, 
COILS, TRANSFORMERS, [ RHEOSTATS, ] ELECTRIC SWITCHES AND ELECTRIC STOP 
MECHANISMS.

This is the only live trademark registration. All the others are dead, 
including the single one pertaining to sound recordings, 71066696. This 
one will probably go as well unless renewed; its last renewal was in 
2004 and I believe trademark registrations are only good for 20 years.

Michael Shoshani
Chicago