Re: Katherine Yung -- Polo Magazine must change its name

["W. David Samuelsen" <dsam@wasatch.com>]

That judge got to be joking! Will the USPA be forced to change its own
name as well? Will the United Kingdom Polo Association be next target?

Polo - I associate with the horse game first - not RL.

W. David Samuelsen

James Love wrote:
> 
> Polo Magazine, which has 250,000 readers, now has
> 90 days to change its name, after losing a law
> suit with Ralph Lauren over the use of the name
> Polo.
> 
> jamie
> 
> http://www.dallasmorningnews.com/business/0805biz6polo.htm
> 
>                  Magazine loses rights to Polo name
> 
>                  08/05/99
> 
> By Katherine Yung / The Dallas Morning News
> 
> Houston-based Polo Magazine lost a match Wednesday to Ralph
> Lauren.
> 
> The official magazine of the United States Polo
> Association must change its name because it infringes
> on the New York fashion designer's trademark, U.S.
> Magistrate Mary Milloy ruled Wednesday in Dallas.
> 
> "We are pleased that the court has recognized the need
> to protect our customers from the confusion
> intentionally caused by the new Polo Magazine," Victor
> Cohen, Polo Ralph Lauren's senior vice president and
> general counsel, said in a written statement.
> 
>    [snip]
> 
> In her final opinion, the judge said, the magazine's "new,
> glossy format and altered editorial and advertising
> direction evidences an intent to trade on the reputation
> and goodwill established by Polo Ralph Lauren over the
> last 30 years."
> 
> Under the terms of the injunction,
> Polo Magazine, which has 250,000 readers, has 90 days
> to change its name.
> 
> 
> --
> James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
> I can be reached at love@cptech.org, by telephone 202.387.8030,
> by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org