san mai copyright ????????????

Jens Schuetz said:
"San Mai III" is protected and nobody else uses it thus nobody is harmed by that trademark and filing such a thing wouldn't do anything than maybe teasing CS.

The issue is that CS pretends San Mai ( not just San Mai |||) is trademarked which it isn't.
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The problem is that CS can claim that "San Mai" use by anyone else dilutes and tends to cause confusion with their trademarked "San Mai III" and therefore infringing on their trademark and hurting their brand. The only way to combat that is to cancel their trademark as being generic and therefore cuts their feet out from under them.
 
pennman said:
The problem is that CS can claim that "San Mai" use by anyone else dilutes and tends to cause confusion with their trademarked "San Mai III" and therefore infringing on their trademark and hurting their brand. The only way to combat that is to cancel their trademark as being generic and therefore cuts their feet out from under them.
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I don't know how they can do that if they originally filed it as a non-exclusive term. When they did that in 1986 they set that situation up. Coming back over a decade later to register "San Mai III" is shutting the gate after the cows were already gone.
 
Looks like I'll be starting some san-mai billets today so I'll have a few SAN MAI knives for Blade this year! And here I was wondering what I was going to do... :)
 
Here's what I got, it's still making me giggle...
Infringement of Cold Steel Trademarks:

SAN MAI III & Design, U.S. Reg. No. 1471971

SAN MAI & Design, U.S. Reg. No. 3540202

SAN MAI III, U.S. Reg. No. 3540187



Dear Mr. Neilson:

I am writing to advise you that your use of the term SAN MAI in Forged in Fire S2E9 infringes on the trademark rights of Cold Steel, Inc. (Cold Steel).

I understand that you may not have been aware of this trademark or of Cold Steel’s long-standing use of the name SAN MAI. Therefore, I ask that you refrain from using the term SAN MAI to refer to any knife, layered steel or related products, except in regard to the products sold by Cold Steel, Inc.

Cold Steel owns the U.S. trademark registrations referenced above and has used the trademarks SAN MAI® and SAN MAI III® in connection with knives and layered steel since at least 1986. Cold Steel owns the exclusive right to use these terms in connection with those products.

I ask that you discontinue the use of the words SAN MAI and any confusingly similar trademark, and remove any references to SAN MAI from any websites and Social Media pages within 10 days from receipt of this letter. Please also remove any references to SAN MAI in printed materials before the next print edition or version of those materials is released.

I also kindly ask that you post a retraction online regarding this error, ensuring that there is no further misunderstanding within your client or fan community. Please acknowledge receipt of this letter, and advise my team of the steps you will take to help remedy this situation.

Thank you.



Best Regards,



Lynn C. Thompson

President

Cold Steel, Inc.

1-800-255-4716
 
Aside from his being STUPID, I'm sure the History Channel has more and better lawyers. Still LMFAO
 
How did he know that you were speaking in all caps on the TV so that you were violating his trademark? Were you shouting when you said san mai?😋
 
J. Neilson said:
Here's what I got, it's still making me giggle...
Infringement of Cold Steel Trademarks:

SAN MAI III & Design, U.S. Reg. No. 1471971

SAN MAI & Design, U.S. Reg. No. 3540202

SAN MAI III, U.S. Reg. No. 3540187



Dear Mr. Neilson:

I am writing to advise you that your use of the term SAN MAI in Forged in Fire S2E9 infringes on the trademark rights of Cold Steel, Inc. (Cold Steel).

I understand that you may not have been aware of this trademark or of Cold Steel’s long-standing use of the name SAN MAI. Therefore, I ask that you refrain from using the term SAN MAI to refer to any knife, layered steel or related products, except in regard to the products sold by Cold Steel, Inc.

Cold Steel owns the U.S. trademark registrations referenced above and has used the trademarks SAN MAI® and SAN MAI III® in connection with knives and layered steel since at least 1986. Cold Steel owns the exclusive right to use these terms in connection with those products.

I ask that you discontinue the use of the words SAN MAI and any confusingly similar trademark, and remove any references to SAN MAI from any websites and Social Media pages within 10 days from receipt of this letter. Please also remove any references to SAN MAI in printed materials before the next print edition or version of those materials is released.

I also kindly ask that you post a retraction online regarding this error, ensuring that there is no further misunderstanding within your client or fan community. Please acknowledge receipt of this letter, and advise my team of the steps you will take to help remedy this situation.

Thank you.



Best Regards,



Lynn C. Thompson

President

Cold Steel, Inc.

1-800-255-4716
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LOL I've been waiting to see if this was going to happen!
 
In case this is just a publicity stunt, I believe we should stop using the name of his company and him, so he doesn't get a bunch of free advertising/publicity. This being the case, I believe we need to come up with a "code name" for him/company so everyone knows who we are talking about, without actually mentioning his name. Of course, I would never condone anything derogatory ☺ Anyone have any suggestions?
 
Perhaps someone better let this guy know that TANTO is a trademark for a laundry detergent company, KATANA is trademarked by a motocycle company and KUKRI is trademarked by a luggage and watchband company?
 
Once again, Registration No. 3540202 is for SAN MAi and the three horizontal "squiggly " lines. There is no regitration for just "SAN MAI," much less san mai.

Can CS claim SAN MAI or san mai violates the CS trademarks? Sure. I have seen politicians called "honest."
 
Douche Mai lll With the three lines actually being little phalluses? You might be able to slip that in under the Two Live Crew commercial parody exception. :D
J. Hoffman said:
In case this is just a publicity stunt, I believe we should stop using the name of his company and him, so he doesn't get a bunch of free advertising/publicity. This being the case, I believe we need to come up with a "code name" for him/company so everyone knows who we are talking about, without actually mentioning his name. Of course, I would never condone anything derogatory ☺ Anyone have any suggestions?
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I would be interesting to put Mr. T on the stand and ask him how many more inquiries he has received since his sacred trademark was violated on national television and people might have searched for knives of that "name" on the interwebz.
 
J. Hoffman said:
In case this is just a publicity stunt, I believe we should stop using the name of his company and him, so he doesn't get a bunch of free advertising/publicity. This being the case, I believe we need to come up with a "code name" for him/company so everyone knows who we are talking about, without actually mentioning his name. Of course, I would never condone anything derogatory ☺ Anyone have any suggestions?
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San Mai 3 :D
 
J. Neilson said:
Aside from his being STUPID, I'm sure the History Channel has more and better lawyers. Still LMFAO
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I think it's just his weird way of asking for your autograph.......Had to spread the letters out to lots of people to make it less obvious.
 
Karl thats just funny lol
Do you think he sent a letter to Blade magazine
 
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