[E-trademarks] Cute holiday discovery

[Crane, Susan]

This is not a tm post but only IP attorneys would appreciate this story.

When my husband was a child, he and his siblings played a British board game called Air Charter which involves moving trade goods around Southeast Asia. It was invented by an RAF officer and published by Waddingtons.

A few years ago he found a copy on eBay so he bought it so he could play with our kids.

They broke it out yesterday and we discovered in the box what is clearly a draft of a patent application covering the game. Some of the pieces have “Fig. #” written on them. I searched online and it doesn’t look like the company ever got a patent on it but what a coincidence that we got this copy.


Susan L. Crane
Group Vice President, Legal
Intellectual Property, Brands & Marketing

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
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Susan.Crane at wyndham.Com
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