[E-trademarks] Cute holiday discovery

[Tim Ackermann]

That is so fun!

On Tue, Dec 24, 2024, 21:41 Crane, Susan via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> 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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