PLEASE HELP i have a legal question about the moog trademark

themicromoogmassacre · Post by **themicromoogmassacre** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:04 pm

hello, my name is wes and i am currently engaged in a musical endeavor based out of the metro detroit area. I play drums in a newly formed black metal band. We have been trying to decide on our name for a month now.

my question is, is it okay to use the word moog in our name? a friend of mine recently was forced to change his bands name by the attorney of the corporation that holds rights to Godzilla. but my band uses moog synthsizers in our songs and it would be great if we could be named after my lifelong childhood art motif,
wich is
The Micro Moog Massacre.

some one help me,

electrical_engineer_gEEk · Post by **electrical_engineer_gEEk** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:31 am

you should ask these guys.... Mission Giant

they have part of the logo in their name....

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:11 pm

I suppose its legal. I also suppose that you could still use the name and have no association with Bob Moog. If you were in the UK it would cause problems with the trademark issues.

Do I think Bob Moog is cute. Maybe!

themicromoogmassacre · Post by **themicromoogmassacre** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:14 pm

Rigot on Man! Mission Giant is sweet as hell!!!, i had never previously seen them use that logo though, my freind bought two of their albums but none with that logo. anyway i think we will go for it and if trouble come up we will bow down. thanks all.

MisterModular · Post by **MisterModular** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:52 pm

Why not just email Moog Music and ask for permission? The Moog Cookbook is a band and they aren't in any trouble with Moog Music. In fact, the guys from The Moog Cookbook are friends of Moog Music and have created presets for the Voyager.

themicromoogmassacre · Post by **themicromoogmassacre** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:32 pm

Woah! you know what your talking about. thanks for the suggestion. i have invested time in following the addvice.

themicromoogmassacre · Post by **themicromoogmassacre** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:42 pm

and they reply:

Moog Music Inc. owns a number of trademarks for electronic musical instruments. You can apply for trademarks in a number of other classifications. Check out the www.pto.gov site for more information.

Regards,

Mike Adams

Moog Music Inc.

p. 828-251-0090

f. 828-254-6233

www.moogmusic.com

50 Years of Timeless Electronic Musical Instruments

MisterModular · Post by **MisterModular** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:37 pm

Do I detect a bit of sarcasm? It's always hard to tell via message boards. Either way, I was just trying to help you out so you avoid legal problems later on. My friends had a band named after an old airplane and were issued a very firm cease and desist letter from Lockheed Martin. It's always nice to get permission up front.

themicromoogmassacre · Post by **themicromoogmassacre** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 8:00 pm

oh no man sorry. i wasnt trying to be sarcastic, just being proper. i dont know prolly becuase i thought sense i was talking about a metal band, people werent gonna take me seriously. know what i mean? actually we sound alot like the locust, and band that was mentioned in one of these other topics, the use moogs.

really, our metal is way more sophisticated than that crap on mtv. we know what we are doing as far as note theory. we use messed up time signatures and stuff. 6/8, 7/8, 12/4 5/4 sweet stuff. once we record i will post a link. but, im only 16 and we cant really afford good studio time yet.

also i need to know if this is a good deal or just someone trying to jip me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting

MisterModular · Post by **MisterModular** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:59 pm

cool. it's always hard to tell who's being a wise ass online. glad the advice was helpful. You don't need money for studio time. Find a guy with a computer and protools that wants to gain some more experience. There's probably someone out there willing to work for next to nothing to have some music to work with. Also, that Ebay auction you posted still has almost 6 days to go. It's too soon to tell if it is going to be a rip or not. The seller has 100% positive feedback so that is a good sign that he/she's cool. I personally wouldn't spend more than $300 on a Rogue. There are plenty of other excellent analogs out there in that price range.

themicromoogmassacre · Post by **themicromoogmassacre** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:03 pm

hey thanks man. yeah, actually they have a few reallt good voyagers on there, plus they had this bad ass liberation keytair for like 410. i'll prolly go with a rougue, even though my band is called the micromoog massacre.

whats the deal with those anyway? you dont hear much about micromoogs.

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