>
> Tonight I stopped at a local discount retailer - "Best Buy" - to look at a
> new printer that HP has been advertising on TV (more on that later).  Around
> the corner from the display of HP 682 color printers was a selection of
> printer cables and supplies, all with the brand name "Interex".
>
You can register a brand name that is the same aanother product
as long as there is no chance of confusion.  I don't think "Interex"
cables are thought by anybody to be a product of a users group with the
same name.
 
Nick Demos [log in to unmask]