Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 2157 Location: Grenfell NSW Australia
I've got a paddock full of "U s"
Dai _________________ Old Age and Treachery will overcome Youth and Skill!
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:39 am
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MerlinJones Muddling along...
Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 10975 Location: South Cumbria...where the Lakes meet the Sea
Shearin'? _________________ A:B:C
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:11 am
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Eric McLoughlin scratchbuilding Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 348
In parts of Ireland they call them "Yows". And no, I don't know why either.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:55 pm
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DHDrover Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 2157 Location: Grenfell NSW Australia
No, shorn. They're Black Faced Suffolks too
Dai _________________ Old Age and Treachery will overcome Youth and Skill!
Never drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly!
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:16 am
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Kestrel producing kits
Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 509
I'd go for the trade name thing, like suggested earlier from Mattel, It's one of the those proprietary eponym thingys like Yo yo, Hoover, Trampoline, Linoleum etc.
. . . Kes
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:40 pm
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theplasticsurgeon scratchbuilding Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 360 Location: Gloucestershire, England
I always thought it was Vacform - and finished my first such model this year.
Then earlier this week I noticed the word Vacuform on the cover of a SAM mag that I've had for over 10 years! _________________ 2009
A=22,
B=12,
C=2.
Vacuform was used by Mattel in reference to thier machine. They may have even copyrighted it. Like when I cut myself with the number 11 blade and say, "I need a "Band-Aid."
You can't copyright phrases in the US. What Mattel could have done would have been to trademark the phrase. Searching the USPTO databases, there are or have been 10 word marks obtained for the phrase 'vacuform'. Most of these are dead marks and no longer have mark status. Mattel, BTW, did not attempt to trademark the phrase.
More than you probably wanted to know.
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:37 pm
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Richard Humm producing kits
Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 761
I think Mattel's machine was a Vac-U-Form, which as an invented word would probably be trademarkable.
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