On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:49:31 -0400, mm wrote:


I tend to agree. I live in the USA and I've never heard of lock-jaw
pliers. Sears and I'm sure other sell a variety of locking pliers,
with clever designs, which might be very useful in some places where
vise-grips are not, but they are not vise-grips or imitations. The
vise-grip design is, all-in-all, the best and I'm sure it is what was
intended.

There is more than one product that is known outside of the US by an
American trade name. I have heard of 3 or 4, but the most recent one,
the only one I remember now is that baby food in general is referred
to as Gerbers, in Israel. I think others I found in Central America
35 years ago. I don't think legal issues about trademark are so
important for American brands outside of America, or these are just
different cases where enforcement has failed, like aspirin and maybe
Kleenex.

Xerox

Gunner

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