On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:54:39 -0800, Jeffrey D Angus
wrote:

" So despite the fact that almost everyone thought Heathkit died,
it still exists and is still doing well. Check out its Web site
at www.heathkit.com.

That's Heathkit Educational Systems (HES). They sell the educational
and training kits only.

Interestingly enough, this conflicts with what the guy at d8apro
has to say about things. http://www.d8apro.com/

They sell Heathkit manuals, parts, pieces, and service. Not that
there are no educational kits listed.

So, which is correct?

Both. There's no overlap unless you want a manual on one of the old
educational kits.

It appears that HES owns all the Heathkit trademarks. Digging through
the US Patent and Trademark mess for "heathkit":
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4006%3Aghd4rb.1.1&p_search=s earchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PAR A1=&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2& p_s_PARA2=heathkit&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op _ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_ search=Submit+Query
Looks like documents and manuals part of the trademark also belong to
HES, not d8apro, which might cause some problems:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4006:ghd4rb.2.3



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