Steph

The listing is severely plagiarized.

If the marble is .9 inches would that rule out it being a torched Jabo?

Did Vacor Atmospheres ever have lutz?

New or old there is so much wrong with this auction it's hard to begin to comment on it.

That's a Carnelian, GP.

Cornelians are like so:

Or here, a No. 3 box. No. 3 is 13/16". Looks like Dan's marble could fit in this box.

Source: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/423659

Bump!

Looks good to me. I'm rooting for you!

Sami's pix

I need to see a picture. So far the marble you're describing is one which sounded like one I had which I thought was a Jabo.

But I don't have the marble anymore -- sold it on ebay. If it turned into an Alley after I sold it, then .... but it might not be the same marble after all.

Very curious now!

Love it.

I have some tiny tin cars. Wouldn't hold any marbles. (:

what Bob said!

cool effect

Very Fall-like

Delicious!

That's sharp.

That's so bright you could use it as a lantern.

Great book, too.

lol .... welcome Paulperson.

When I see candy boxes, I don't care what candy is inside .... I just think, "Another box for marbles!"

Catalicious!

I was happy this jar of peanut sauce wasn't not. There were maybe 4 different brands in the little store and I scoured the ingredients labels until I thought I had the best chance of a mild version.

Was scared to even open it.

So for now I'm enjoying the lack of chili ... later I'll probably get a chili craving again.

Possibly during 1931. I have been under the impression that Gropper sold CAC's before that too.

Peltier may have been doing exclusive marble business with Gropper but Gropper might not have been doing exclusive marble business with Peltier.

Would like to see a Green Giant.

Hopefully they do have to have the choking hazard warning.

I had no idea what I had stumbled onto when I did my usual casual Akro googling last night.

Well i went over and had a look.

Here's what what they submitted:

http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn85834165&docId=FTK20130131072359#docIndex=12&page=1

Hmmmm.... Interesting.

One thing I noticed right off the bat. Was the word's 'Trade Mark' are missing on this new logo.

As far as this box goes. I don't see the metal clips on the corners. I guess also they would have to have the 'choke hazard' on it somewhere. ???

I always wondered how this place was able to get away with doing this.

http://www.zazzle.com/csnider/gifts

Thanks for the better link and the extra pic. Wow. That's incredible that they would be allowed to lay legal claim on someone else's old logo.

Before this I wouldn't have seen any impediment to Craig making Akro shirts at Zazzle. No one owned the trademark on the logo (I presume). Anyone and everyone could use it for fun repro items (I presume). Now, Rhyne owns it and Craig's shirt project and repro box projects could be in violation of the law?

So .... did the patent office just not recognize it as someone else's old logo? Or is there nothing wrong with taking someone's old logo as your own, legally and exclusively as long as you pay the fee and express a credible plan to use it in commerce?

Wow. Thanks. You got some good detail on that!

After a company goes out of business it's natural they would let their trademarks lapse. So then if the trademark has lapsed then lots of people could theoretically use it for their projects, right?

It doesn't make sense that someone else could take ownership of it ... unless it was sold to them by the owner. Master acquired rights to the Akro name after Akro closed. So if Master passed the rights on to someone else and Rhyne & Son received it that way, then that sounds odd but okay.

But if this is a case of someone scooping up expired trademarks ... that seems wrong somehow. Like trying to copyright something which is already in the public domain.

Any lawyers here who could set me straight on this?

On my Akro box the crow has one in its beak and one in each claw.

The trademark owner: Rhyne & Son, Inc.

... who call themselves "The name in Quality Antiques & Reproductions for over 40 years".

www.rhyneandson.com