I'd be inclined to have a quite chat with Maori political activists and see what their feleings are on non-New Zealand companies applying for trademark status on Maori words in New Zealand. -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria Australia andrewc_at_vicnet.net.au lang.support_at_gmail.comReceived on Wed Nov 23 2011 - 20:54:00 EST