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    <p><font face="Tahoma">All pikers compared to Japanese companies:
        Kong\u014d Gumi is a Japanese construction company founded in 578,
        still in existence.  <br>
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    <p><font face="Tahoma">Regards,</font></p>
    <p><font face="Tahoma">Tony <br>
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        320 via Pasqual<br>
        Redondo Beach, CA 90277<br>
        (310)377-5171<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/24/2024 3:09 PM, Laura Geyer via
      E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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          <div dir="ltr">The oldest one in the UK is the Bass Ale red
            triangle logo, though the red triangle has been in use much
            longer than that. There\u2019s a story about how Bass sent a
            staffer to sit outside the door of the new British trademark
            office that had just been brought into existence so they
            could get the first one. They lined up overnight as if for a
            rock concert. Jan. 1st 1886!<span></span></div>
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        <div dir="ltr">The Bass Brewery was founded in 1777.</div>
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          <b>Cc:</b> Annette Heller <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tmattorneyheller@aol.com">&lt;tmattorneyheller@aol.com&gt;</a><br>
          <b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] What's The Oldest US
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                oldest registration still in force is Chow for animal
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            In a message dated 10/24/2024 4:07:22 PM Central Daylight
            Time, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a> writes:
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                      style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Do
                      you mean still in force, or the earliest one
                      (e.g., Registration number "1")?<br clear="none">
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                        10/24/2024 5:03 PM, Ken Boone via E-trademarks
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                      Someone just asked me, "What's the oldest US
                      registered trademark?"  Rather than providing my
                      answer, I challenge this discussion group to
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