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. -- =Mark http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens