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September 25, 2008

Anonymous The Cooperstown Crier Thu Sep 25, 2008, 01:38 PM EDT

By JIM AUSTIN
Cooperstown Crier

The board of trustees has decided to move forward with filing a trademark for Doubleday Field hoping that in the future it may provide another new revenue stream for the village. The planning committee has been discussing the possibility of trademarking some of the village’s iconic images that may include Doubleday Field, the Indian Hunter and the Sandlot Kid, according to Deputy Mayor Jeff Katz.

According to Katz, local attorney Charles Knull said his firm has indicated it will perform the legal work for filing the applications on a pro bono basis. The only expense to the village will be filing fees and incidental costs. The motion authorizing the filing adopted last week by the trustees caps the cost at $1,000, Katz said.

In an email to Katz, Knull explained there are different classes of trademarks depending on the number of classes of good and services to be covered. The village will trademark the name Doubleday Field in the ``providing athletic facilities’’ class, which is the only one currently in use by the village.

Knull advised the village to start with that class because it has been in use for a long time. The village could add additional classes of goods and services as they are put into use, such as clothing and athletic equipment.

Katz said the committee talked about developing a logo for the field which could be trademarked, but decided to take Knull’s advice and start with a ``block letter’’ trademark.

One concern among committee members was the potential impact for merchants selling items with the words ``Doubleday Field’’ on them. But Katz said they have been reassured the trademark will not affect them.

``That’s what we’ve been told,’’ Katz said.

Once a trademark is filed, use of the name Doubleday Field may require payment of a licensing fee. Filing the trademark has more to do with protecting how it is used and less about merchandising, Katz said.

In other business last Monday night, the board: BULLET approved a breakdown of how the village intends to spend the remaining $50,000 of bed tax money promised by the county board. Sidewalks will receive $15,000; trolley parking lot infrastructure, $3,000; Main Street trolley signs, $2,000; bike racks for the Main Street area, $1,000; Duratherm crosswalks in the downtown area, $5,000; improvements to the Main Street entrance to Doubleday Field, $5,000; enhancements for village signage, $14,000; and Lakefront Park buffer boardwalk, $5,000.

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