[WikiEN-l] ThumbDrive(R) registered as a trademark in part because of a Wikipedia edit

[Cool Hand Luke]

I've just awarded a
barnstar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:EJSawyer#Precedent_Barnstar>to
an editor who contributed a key word to an article quoted by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in the case *In re Trek 2000*.

As it turns out, the TTAB allows references to Wikipedia, which I find to be
insane.  An IP attorney blogging about the decision gamely noted that
"Wikipedia
is available for posting a favorable entry regarding
[trademarks]"!<http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2010/12/precedential-no-43-ttab-reverses.html>

Cool Hand Luke