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Have you checked trademark issues? The Mercury-News had an article retrieval service called Newshound.
by masonic 8y ago
Have you checked trademark issues? The Mercury-News had an article retrieval service called Newshound.
- bruce_lipshitz 8y agoThe San Jose Mercury News launched its Newshound service in late 1994 and closed it down about 5 years later under the direction of its new owner, Knight-Ridder, who wanted to be a pure print play versus embracing news online. https://archives.cjr.org/feature/the_newspaper_that_almost_seized_the_future.php https://archives.cjr.org/feature/the_newspaper_that_almost_s... I'm not a lawyer but my understanding is that a trademark must be in active, continuous use after registration to be valid. https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-maintaining-trademark-registration/keeping-your-registration-alive https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-maintaining-trademark-regis...
- masonic 8y agounder the direction of its new owner, Knight-Ridder This much is incorrect. K-R owned the Mercury-News from 1952[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Ridder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Ridder