That's Thompson (Thomson?), right? The company that bought the RCA appliance and TV brand from GE?

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Shoshani" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The EMI split


> 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
> 
>