Re: [CH] Tobasco

=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:31:19 -0400

If Chile's was already the name of chiles, how does Chile's own the right to
the name?

On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:56:07 -0400, Byron wrote
> A  dumb  question
> 
> If  tobasco  was  already  the  name  of  a Chile  why  does
> 
> McIlhenny's own the  rights  to  the  name  ??
> 
> I  can  see if  the  restaurant  used McIlhennys  tobasco  sauce  as 
>  a  name
> 
> I'm  reminded  of  the  red Savina Habanero  patent,  where  the 
>  terms  Red  and Habanero  had  to be  dropped  because  there was a 
> red  habanero  already  in  production
> 
> Kinda  like  Monsanto  wanting  to Patent Soil
> 
> B.


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