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Username: UA735WL
Posted 2013-01-25 19:55:20 and read 5056 times.
I've gotten to wondering- what does US plan on doing with the HP brand? They own the name ( & everything else associated) but are not using it, which ( if my understanding is correct) means that the name will eventually become public domain due to inactivity. They already have renamed two of their regional carriers to preserve ownership of their other inactive brands (PSA & Piedmont)....... so is there any chance that they will do the same with America West? ( Or revive it in some other way? 
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Cheers,
PCJ
Username: mesaflyguy
Posted 2013-01-25 20:51:36 and read 4916 times.
It would be amusing to see an E-170 being operated by "America West" wouldn't it? 
Username: JBo
Posted 2013-01-25 20:59:31 and read 4882 times.
I do believe they have so many years before the trademark expires.
US kept Allegheny, PSA, and Piedmont as regionals to keep the trademarks alive, but they have since folded Allegheny into Piedmont, rendering that name inactive as well.
They will probably just let the America West name pass ... just as Delta will do with Northwest.
Username: Beardown91737
Posted 2013-01-25 22:18:01 and read 4666 times.
US still has HP and AL logo jets. They should count as exercising their trademarks.
Old HP at LAS, New HP at LAX
Photo © Hediye Akyuez
Photo © Alex Khan
AL at PHL, PI at CLT
Photo © Richard Chase
Photo © flightdeckimages
PS at BOS
Photo © Christopher Villandry
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Username: FlyDeltaJets
Posted 2013-01-25 22:25:39 and read 4641 times.
All of US Airways aircraft have a sticker with the logos of US and HP by the doorway.
Username: IMissPiedmont
Posted 2013-01-26 06:44:45 and read 4256 times.
The trademark is safe since the corporate name is America West.
Username: maxpower1954
Posted 2013-01-26 06:52:12 and read 4226 times.
Quoting IMissPiedmont (Reply 5):
The trademark is safe since the corporate name is America West.
And what is your cite for that interesting piece of information?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_West_Holdings_Corporation
Username: gigneil
Posted 2013-01-26 16:04:56 and read 2088 times.
Quoting IMissPiedmont (Reply 5):
The trademark is safe since the corporate name is America West.
Yeah that's definitely not true.
NS
Username: Beardown91737
Posted 2013-01-26 17:01:22 and read 1761 times.
Quoting FlyDeltaJets (Reply 4):
All of US Airways aircraft have a sticker with the logos of US and HP by the doorway.
+PS
+PI
+AL
Username: D L X
Posted 2013-01-26 17:31:36 and read 1543 times.
Quoting JBo (Reply 2):
I do believe they have so many years before the trademark expires.
This is not true. A trademark (unlike a copyright or a patent) expires when you stop using the mark. That's probably the reason that the America West logo appears on every US Airways plane.
Username: burnsie28
Posted 2013-01-26 18:53:10 and read 1094 times.
Quoting D L X (Reply 9):
This is not true. A trademark (unlike a copyright or a patent) expires when you stop using the mark. That's probably the reason that the America West logo appears on every US Airways plane.
Which is all subject to factors too, such as selling merchandise (like models, t-shirts, etc) apparently does not count towards "using the marks"
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