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Date Posted: 05:42:16 08/09/08 Sat
Author: Fred
Author Host/IP: 98.173.140.150
Subject: Re: Motorcycling
In reply to: D Jam 's message, "Re: Motorcycling" on 17:59:08 07/08/08 Tue

Harley-Davidson did attemp to trademark the potato-potato
sound of their 45 degree vee-twin engine. It was not patentable since sounds are not inventions or developments
in themselves but only result as a result of the actions of
a certain instrumentality. But the trademark office was cool
to Harley-Davidson's efforts and the company eventually withdrew their application after six years of trying. The
potato-potato sound is a result of the uneven firing interval
of a two cylinder 45 degree vee-twin where both connecting
rods share a common crankshaft pin. Since the basic
design of such engines is not protected and anyone is free
to build such engines, the trademark office reasoned it was
impractical to protect the sound they made.

....Fred

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