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				Re: OT:  How Do You Go About Copyrighting A Name?
	
			 
             
			
		
		
		
		How the heck can you Trademark the letter 'W'?!?! 
If anything is going to fall under permanent public domain, it's got to be individual letters of the alphabet.
    
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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				Re: OT:  How Do You Go About Copyrighting A Name?
			 
             
			
		
		
		
		I don't think you could trademark the letter, but they could probably trademark it for the purpose of representing a hotel chain. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		Now we'll all have to call you AT.           
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				Re: OT:  How Do You Go About Copyrighting A Name?
			 
             
			
		
		
		
		I'm pleased to say that I am still the one and only dogscoff. I chose this name because I knew it would be permanently unique- and I google regularly to make sure of it. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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 "narf poit chez BOOM" now there's a unique name! 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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