Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned to
another antenna.

Thank you in advance for your time

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Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned to
another antenna.

Thank you in advance for your time


Not sure of DIM DIAMOND, but there IS a "Diamond" Antenna company. Some may
view your name as a part of that company and mistake your product as one of
theirs. The company itself may feel it is a slam against one of their
products - being that "dim" here means weak - among other things. It "could"
prompt legal action being the names are similar or enough to create
confusion. A lawyer in business practices could further advise. Not sure why
you named your antenna "DIM" diamond, but you may want to reconsider.

I don't know the model numbers of the "Diamond" antennas, but I'll put up a
for instance using a fictitious model name and number to show how confusing
it could be.

The "Diamond" antenna company has a Diamond ATC - 12 - HF antenna laying
claim to give 7dB gain. Then someone would see the "Dim - Diamond" which is
an H.F. antenna boasting 3 dB gain. The name could very well be confusing.
Someone could very easily think your antenna is being sold by the "Diamond"
company.

Just my 2 cents.

cl

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Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned to
another antenna.

Thank you in advance for your time


Given you're out of the country of the U.S., maybe my initial reply won't
matter/pertain to you. I'd still check with legal representation in your
country to make sure you're not going to run into problems there - also.

cl

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Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a
prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned
to
another antenna.

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Slighty change the lettering. eg., "DIMOND-1"
One word and fewer characters.
It's more business-like and more eye-catching.
The number implies an engineering background.
Your "Dim" implies a mental deficiency.
Still retains a strong allusion to a diamond shape.
Extremely unlikely it has already been used by anyone else.
For successive prototypes or versions use -2, -3, -4 etc.
Be confident. Anticipate its successful future.

I promise not to use it for MY next revolutionary invention.
No charge for this small service. ;o)
----
Reg, G4FGQ

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I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later.

"Dim" might not be a good choice for English-speakers.
Applied to EM waves, it means "weak".
--
73, Cecil, W5DXP


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There is already a US company marketing antennas under the name "Diamond".
http://www.diamondantenna.com/

73,

Frank


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Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned to
another antenna.

Thank you in advance for your time

I got the impression that the OP was planning on giving a name to an
antenna design, like "windom" or "G5RV," not a particular commercial
product. I don't think it would infringe on anyone's trademarks in that
case. He's probably concerned more about avoiding the confusion of
duplicating someone's existing name.

The trademark protects businesses like Diamond Antenna from other
people using similar names or marks to derive sales from their
presumably hard-earned reputation. If people could potentially become
confused by the name "Dim Diamond" and spend money on you, even if
you're not competing with Diamond, then Diamond are legally obligated
to take action against your use of their name.

If you are just naming the antenna design and publishing construction
notes, there is not a great likelihood of confusion; it's harder to
confuse constructing your own antenna with purchasing someone else's.
Therefore there's not much likelihood of upsetting anyone at Diamond.

Besides, some trademark holders must necessarily be less agressive. You
wouldn't expect Neil Diamond and the De Beers company to come after
you.

Oh yeah..

The number implies an engineering background.

I'm proud to say that this marketing gag doesn't work on me, and I hope
it doesn't work on many other hams. At least the name "Joey" tells you
it's from Australia and comes in a pouch.

On 19 Apr 2005 02:22:29 -0700, wrote:

Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned to
another antenna.

Thank you in advance for your time

Don't know what it means, but a Google search brings up a musical
group by the name of Dim Diamond, playing in the Brooklyn area.

bob
k5qwg

Would you even consider naming it "John Smith"??? It kinda has a ring to
it--don't ya think?

Regards,
John

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Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned to
another antenna.

Thank you in advance for your time

Name it George, or Bill or Reg or Cecil
or Sue

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Dear all,

Mrs. yin,SV7DMC and Mr. pez,SV7BAX of TheDAG are strongly suggested
your newsgroup, to ask for support, help, comments or opinions about
antennas matters. I want to give the name "Dim Diamond" to a prototype
antenna which I will examine theoritically and propably construct
later. I just want to know if there is such a name already assigned to
another antenna.

Thank you in advance for your time