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« on: August 13, 2011, 17:07:14 » |
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Honeybourne was a hive of activity. Asphalt was being laid on the base of the footbridge ramp on the new platform, which was just waiting for its top surface and fencing. A team of masons was building the other ramp base alongside the station car park and a ballast train was waiting to be sent west. Tracklaying and ballasting on the new Long Marston branch connection is complete.
Since there apears to be a tradition of pedantry on this site, I would like to point out that dense bitumen macadam is normally used these days rather than the asphalt that used to be used on station platforms. |
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 18:05:33 » |
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My key aim in writing asphalt was to avoid using a word beginning with 't' which is a registered trademark, as I'm sure Graham can do without getting a lawyer's warning letter on behalf of its owner...
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ellendune
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 18:17:49 » |
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Dense Bitumen Macadam is commonly abbreviated to DBM or Bitmac. Neither of these are trade names unlike the t word that was originally a shortened for of Tarmacadam. Tarmacadam was superseded when tar (derived mainly from coal) ceased to be used as a binder and was replaced by bitumen which is derived from oil.
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 19:51:05 » |
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My key aim in writing asphalt was to avoid using a word beginning with 't' which is a registered trademark, as I'm sure Graham can do without getting a lawyer's warning letter on behalf of its owner...
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ChrisB
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 18:30:51 » |
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Why would they be interested in us? Usecof tarmac is in the English language and no court case would stand up. Similar to hoover.
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willc
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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 23:52:42 » |
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Just because something is in common use does not mean that a company won't defend its trademark. I can assure you the Tarmac company is still quite keen on protecting its rights, though perhaps without the sheer determination of the manufacturers of a certain type of whirlpool bath or of a well known kind of mobile building - both brands one might say are "in the English language". Both parties are very keen on dispatching lawyers' letters to all and sundry about infringements of their trademark rights, I have seen them at work a good few times. As for "no court case would stand up" - want to bet? That's why it's best to avoid the risk in the first place by using generic terminology, though perhaps not DBM or bitmac...
Anyway, returning to the point of this thread, all looking on target for a resumption of service at Moreton-in-Marsh tomorrow, with the new signal operational, along with the point rodding for the crossover, and lots of other new s&t kit plugged in around the station area.
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« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2011, 08:28:54 » |
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Sorry, don't agree... Getting ideas above our station, so to speak. Name me one case where a rights holder has challenged any bulketin biard to remove their trademark. It isn't as uf we're besmerching its name!
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« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2011, 15:20:02 » |
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I would be inclined to defer to willc's long experience of the print media on this one I think - if there is a risk, no matter how small, of finding oneself on the sharp end of a solicitor's letter from a large and potentially litigious company then it's best avoided, especially when it's very easy to do so.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, please could we force ourselves back to the point of this thread, rather than discussing the niceties of different types of road surface? This particular turn of events has taken any supposed 'tradition of pedantry' to something of an extreme. Thank you all.
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« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2011, 21:44:16 » |
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Indeed: thank you all.  These past few posts have now been split off from the 'London to the Cotswolds' thread, where they originally appeared - simply because they are well 'off-topic' from that specific discussion. Chris.  |
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« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2011, 22:22:19 » |
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Quick! Get that trademarked relex. |
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« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2011, 23:58:46 » |
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I was not seeking to set a hare running on trademark issues. Just to correct the use of the word Asphalt.
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« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2011, 03:20:16 » |
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patent pending !!!!
I'm in. But I'll need 40% of the equity. |
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« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2011, 10:03:07 » |
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Isnt thiws getting into hoover territory
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
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