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Trademark
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“We want everyone to be a part
of the class of 2000,” Soergel said.
Mike Lemonds, Texas A&M
Class of 2000 president and a fresh
man political science major, said
the company's main motivation is
making money.
“[They are saying,] ‘We want
everyone to pay us for the Class
of 2000,”’ Lemonds said. “It’s
that simple.”
Buffy Robinson, licensing direc
tor at Brazos Sportswear, said they
will have to pay Class of 2000 Inc. to
sell products with “Class of 2000”
on it in retail stores.
“If our customers want it,
then we’ll get the license,”
Robinson said.
Some schools around the coun
try are planning on contending the
trademark, she said.
Sanders Letbetter, the director
of collegiate licensing at A&M, said
his office will have to warn apparel
companies of a possible infringe
ment of the trademark.
“If we know someone claims the
‘Class of 2000’ trademark, then
we’ll have to tell them they will
need the approval of Class of 2000
Inc. [to use it],” he said.
Lemonds said the trademark
will not affect the A&M Class
Council because they only sell
products on a campus level.
However, Lemonds disagrees with
the morality of the trademark.
“I think it’s morally wrong,”
Lemonds said. “It seems like
they’re cornering the market.”
Letbetter said “Class of 2000”
is a hot mark and is useful only
for a few years. He said the
dilemma is in where to draw the
line between a phrase that is not
copyrightable and one that is a
brand name.
“Hundreds of lawyers are mak
ing big bucks out of this,” he said.
Letbetter said there are ways
around the trademark so that com
panies can sell class apparel.
“A creative student with a cre
ative artist could come up with a
way to achieve what they want to
say without infringing (on the
trademark),” Letbetter said.
Soergel said Class of 2000 Inc.
will make high-quality products
and a percentage of their profits
will go to charity.
“We think students are going to
love our stuff,” he said.
Seminar
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Ramsey said this activity
showed how people fail to see the
importance in individual parts of a
larger concept.
“When you get confused and
do not understand you slow
down and make the picture
bigger,” she said.
Ramsey said today’s society has
become more tolerant of other cul
tures and people want change.
“Right now, I see a window of
opportunity but I do not know how
long it will be around,” she said. “So
we need to jump through it before
it leaves.”
Jones said the seminar was suc
cessful and is looking to host more
in the future.
“We started with a stiff profes
sional look and ended with
laughter and smiles,” he said.
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Fire Detectors
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David White, publisher of Industrial Fireworld
magazine and a former firefighter, said around 30
years ago consumers did not purchase fire detec
tors because they were expensive. More homes
became equipped with detectors as the National
Fire Protection Association set standards where
cheaper detectors, such as the ionization cham
ber, could meet the listed requirements.
“It was the most cost effective one that met the
criteria and worked," White said.
The type of smoke detector people own is
more of an economic issue, which accounts for
the larger number of installations of ionization
chambers in homes, he said.
“The problem is not how quickly the detector
goes off,” White said. "America is a society of low-
cost budget purchasers." '
Ruesink said that when consumers puida
smoke detector, it should be listed as a fact
tested detector and be labeled by Undent
Laboratories. If it has the label attached
detector should work 99 percent of the time
“If you have smoke detectors in even"
room, and teach the children and the paiw
sleep with their doors closed, you should bes
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