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RE: Is Triumph coming Back???

To: "'David Massey '" <105671.471@compuserve.com>,
Subject: RE: Is Triumph coming Back???
From: "Bowen, Patrick" <pbowen@intellinetics.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:46:51 -0500
While you are right it does not cost a fortune to register a trademark, it
does cost money.  With the biggest point being, why NOW.  BMW has owned
Triumph for over 6 years and has not bothered to do anything.  Hmmm, they
sell off their unwanted scraps and now they register it.  Maybe I am a bit
into anylizing corporate psychology, but people do things for a reason.

Patrick Bowen
While not holding his breath for a new rollout, is awefully curious of why! 

-----Original Message--
From: David Massey
To: Bowen, Patrick
Cc: 'Triumphs@autox.team.net'; 'Spitfires@autox.team.net'
Sent: 1/11/01 5:40 PM
Subject: Is Triumph coming Back???

Message text written by "Bowen, Patrick"
>I was researching trademarks today for work and got curious, so I
checked
Triumph.  Well there were 237 trademarks with the Triumph name in them,
of
interest was the fact that on October 19th of 2000 BMW trademarked
Triumph,
I was not able to find an earlier trademark on the marque.  So why the
sudden interest in Triumph, a marque that has not been used in 20 years?
I
know last year they refused to sell the Triumph and Riley name.  HMMM,
Now
I
am getting Curious.
<

I wouldn't get my hopes too high if I were you.  It cost next to nothing
to
register a trademark.  A whole lot less than "badge engineering" a car. 
And that is a whole lot less than an original platform.  BMW is just
hedging their bets, I think.

Dave

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