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Curmudgel on March 19, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fluke owns trademark on multimeters with "contrast...

Well, because trademarks are limited to separate classes.

http://trademarkbureau.com/trademark_classes.php

mxfh on March 19, 2014 [–]

I'm aware of that, also I'm not that serious about it.

It doesn't seem to stop National Geographic from licensing their logo to optical instrument manufacturer Bresser.

Yellow border on electronic hardware: http://www.bresser.de/publications/national_geo_kat_de_en/HT...

[EDIT] There are some

Class 9 (including electric): http://trademarks.justia.com/852/58/n-a-85258337.html

Class 16: http://trademarks.justia.com/850/51/n-a-85051489.html

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