Trademarks
Dates Below represent the first year the term was used as implied by the registered agent.
1938 Anchor
1940 Aeroquip
1944 Pyles
1949 Pioneer (Parker)
1952 Stratoflex
1958 Synflex (Samuel Moore)
1959 Push-Lok (Parker)
1959 Spira-Braid (Electric Hose)
1960 Hytron
1961 Kwikcrimp (Imperial-Eastman)
1962 Couplamatic
1967 Power Crimp
1970 Jiffy Hose (Electric Hose & Rubber)
1971 Coll-O-Crimp
1972 Parflex
1974 AQP
1975 Anchor Instikrimp
1975 E-Z Crimp (Dayco)
1975 Europower
1975 AIR-Way
1978 Crimpmaster
1980 Parkrimp
1981 Farmex (Imperial-Eastman)
The below images are infamous Trademark disputes.
(Not related to hydraulic industry.)
Jack Daniel's Whiskey is an American classic with a distinctive, black-labeled bottle that looks like the typeface on an old wanted poster. Patrick Wensink wrote a novel called Broken Piano for President with a cover that was clearly inspired, by Jack Daniel's. Jack Daniel’s sent Wensink a cease and desist for the cover.
When wrestling company Titan Sports changed its name to the World Wrestling Federation it was drawn into a legal fight with another WWF, the World Wildlife Fund, that lasted 13 years. The conservation charity took action to protect its brand from what it described as an “unsavory” connection with wrestling, and, in 2001 a court in London ruled in its favor.
1982 Megaflex
1982 ORS (Aeroquip)
1982 Insta-Couple (Goodyear)
1983 Readycrimp (Uniroyal)
1985 For-Seal
1986 Hosecomatic
1987 Mitycrimp
1989 Omnicrimp
1991 Matchmate
1991 Grip-Crimp
1991 Vari-Crimp
1992 Mega Seal (Gates)
1992 Ditto Products (Kurt)
1993 Megacrimp
1993 Megatuff
1994 Tubes & Hoses
1995 Mobile Crimp
1995 Scrimper (Aeroquip)
1996 Hose Doctor
1997 Aeroquip Express
1998 Kurt Hydraulics