Friday, August 15, 2003

The "fair & balanced" trademark

Here it is (from Sadly No via Wyeth Wire).

The "fair & balanced" trademark is registered in the field of "entertainment services in the nature of production and distribution of television news programs"—which is (though perhaps not to Fox) not likely to be confused with a published book with journalistic content. Yes?

Do we have any trademark lawyers in our readership who can comment on this point? (For example, is an "&" equivalent to the word "and"?)