Document B54LJ1yxdp0RZ4O0Vm0XEjRnX

May llnd 1981 Mr ADHIA1 D.J0IG2, President, The (Hidden Company, Cleveland, Ohio* Soar Mr Joyoej Replying to youre of 80th about yonr having registered the brand AXICOBBi with the Trade Mark Bureau of Batlonal 3.0.& 7.lean, I sa sorry to eay that we cannot assent to thie regietintion etmndlng. I think, for one thing, that before proceeding to such action we ought have been ooneulted, beeauee no natter what any competitor proposes to do,, the neae is initially ours, and only licensed to you, eo that a subject so fundamental as registering it, as if it were one of your own brands on the sane foetlng ae Jap-A-Leo, for inetanoe, oasts a shadow upon oar title* More than that, aoaording to the Bulletin Itself yon registered it for dry lead ae well as lead in oil, and as everybody in the trade has seen this, it has put us to oonslderable annoyance, because naturally it creates a suapioloa that yoa have acquired control of our output* Ve have the brand already xegiatered in the Trade Mirk Bureau, oovaring white lead In any f ore, and we aleo have it regietered at Washington, ao that your regiatretion la unneoeeaery anyhow, and we very nuoh prefer to have you cancel it. 1 obeli bo obliged if you will notify ae that thie hue been dene* Toure very truly. yiSewdytl Direater of Sale* PNVC00001749