LETTERS
Letters Monopoly We note with interest the parody on our real estate trading game, for which our registered trademark MONOPOLY and the distinctive features of our copyrighted game were...
...Wright identifies Republican Congressman Page Belcher as a representative from Texas...
...The trademark MONOPOLY and the copyrighted game equipment sold under this trademark without doubt constitute the most valuable property in the game field and must be guarded with corresponding care...
...It reminds one of the old song: “This door swings both ways...
...Belcher represents the First Congressional District of Oklahoma...
...RANDOLPH P. BARTON Salem, Mass...
...It is with reluctance that I must point out that Mr...
...In this connection, your unauthorized use of our trademark and copyrighted game, and the total absence of any acknowledgement of our trademark rights and copyright, is believed particularly unfortunate because of the subject matter of the article and the consequent frequent reference to the word “monopoly” in its ordinary descriptive meaning...
...Barton is executive vice president, Parker Brothers Division, General Mills Fun Group, Inc...
...Letters Monopoly We note with interest the parody on our real estate trading game, for which our registered trademark MONOPOLY and the distinctive features of our copyrighted game were largely appropriated, used as the title for an article by Charles E. Mueller in the April issue of your magazine...
...Kennedy Center Thank you for the excellent article on the Kennedy Center [“The Kennedy Center: Brand Name Culture in Another Rayburn Building,’’ June...
...The use of our trademark MONOPOLY and of the parody on our game board as a title for such an article has a tendency to detract from and dilute the trademark significance of MONOPOLY identifying Parker Brothers’ real estate trading game exclusively and to cause damage to our company’s rights...
...For in his article, Mr...
...Memo of the Month I have recently been receiving your magazine which I find most informative and accurate...
...However there is one feature that has me confused...
...Rostenkowski is a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Illinois...
...Permission for their use therefore is granted only rarely, and only under such circumstances that our exclusive rights will not be impaired...
...Nonetheless, Mr...
...Frank Wright errs in his article “The Dairy Lobby Buys the Cream of Congress...
...The Dairy Lobby In the May issue, Mr...
...Is “Memo of the Month” a figment of someone’s imagination or are they authentic pieces of bureaucratese...
...DAVID V. TOOMEY Tulsa, Oklahoma Mayor Daley I have read at least ten reviews of the Royko book, and I can say without hesitation that Anthony Podesta’s [“The Votes Beneath the Ridicule,” June] is the best that I have read...
...PAULINE LEWIS Southfield, Michigan The editor replies: The memos are real...
...I hope that you will help clear up this problem...
...Von Eckardt writes on architecture and city planning for The Washington Post...
...Wright has written a splendid article, noting the slight discrepancy in the voting records of some of our more ardent watchdogs of defense spending...
...I congratulate Barbara Raskin and Helen Goldberg for their superb job...
...WOLF VON ECKARDT Washington, D. C. Mr...
...Keep up the good work...
...DAN ROSTENKOWSKI Washington, D. C. Mr...
...The editor replies: Our use of the parody on the MONOPOLY game board was without intention to infringe the rights of Parker Brothers in its registered trademark MONOPOLY and copyrighted real estate trading game...
Vol. 3 • July 1971 • No. 5
