Comments on: Ponoko Moko

By: James

James — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:49:32 +0000

Hey glad it came out good Rowan. Hopefully we can do something with the other one :) (which I sneakily uploaded to Epic.net.nz by the way!)

By: Maori Moko | Vectorealism

Maori Moko | Vectorealism — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:20:45 +0000

[...] his blog post entitled Ponoko Moko, business pro and software developer Rowan Simpson talks about his first project with Ponoko. Simpson writes about a piece of cardboard he had saved [...]

By: jevvv

jevvv — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:16:35 +0000

Awesome- love reading throught the process for a first-time Ponoko user…. since I haven’t even got that far.

(Quick btw: the iphone images- there is no link to the final for the moko-green-white image)

By: Maori Moko « Ponoko – Blog

Maori Moko « Ponoko – Blog — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:08:36 +0000

[...] his blog post entitled Ponoko Moko, business pro and software developer Rowan Simpson talks about his first project with Ponoko. Simpson writes about a piece of cardboard he had saved [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:25:53 +0000

Very nice work… I like the addition of a frame and the use of different colors to complete the piece!

Jon @ WoodMarvels.com

By: Rowan Simpson

Rowan Simpson — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:14:30 +0000

Awesome – thanks for doing the leg work on that! :-)

It’s a shame the details don’t specify the name of the original designer, just the company that owned the rights.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:06 +0000

Nice. And impressive that you are allowed to use a craft knife without supervision. Wish I was.

Shapeways… wow. Pity I’ve committed to not gathering any more trinkets.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:57:55 +0000

Now you should try it in 3d! Shapeways.com

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:43:14 +0000

Actually, if you search for “CUP CHALLENGE LTD” there’s some more variations but they all appear to be in the same state.

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:39:37 +0000

In theory, given it has a (R) symbol a search here http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms/trade-marks/banner_template/IPTM should find it.

I tried searches for America’s Cup and “53.1.1 Moko (tatooing)” but….

Scratch that, I just found it. :)

Excuse the crappy links but according to http://www.iponz.govt.nz/pls/web/DBSIPFOTS.display_formats_form?p_access_no=A5CF6D92A2E2EA2527E04E180C103AA6&p_tm_descriptors=Y the NZ-specific Vienna Device Descriptor information says “See also 2.1.1, 2.1.25, 2.3.1, 2.3.25″ for Mokos which is where I found it. (In case that link doesn’t work, this also specifies how to search: http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms/trade-marks/how-to-check-for-existing/guide-to-online-searching-of-the-trade-mark-register/appendix-four-vienna-descriptor-overview )

The 3 references (Trademark numbers 156593, 156599 & 156610) I found are marked “Cancelled/Declared Invalid/Revoked/Abandoned”.

I’ve uploaded a PDF with the relevant records to http://stuff.rancidbacon.com/misc/americas_cup_1987_moko_trademark.pdf since there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to link.

The contact is listed as http://www.baldwins.com/

I’m quite impressed the online search worked at all even if the interface is clunky. I’m sure a librarian could’ve found it faster but, you know, not bad for an amateur. :)

I’ve no idea how the copyright/trademark side of things interacts though. Of course the fact that we’re even having this conversation about a 25 year-old unused design…raises some questions about the system.

On the other hand browsing through the other marks is quite interesting and somewhat nostalgic.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:33:42 +0000

Awesome! It looks great

By: Philip Fierlinger

Philip Fierlinger — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:07:47 +0000

Ooooooh. I totally LOVE the framed white on red version.

What about for a lazy arse like me? Where can I just buy that?!

But if you’re not about to start a micro-biz selling the finished product, I’d love to get the files to make this myself.

By: Galen King

Galen King — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:47:56 +0000

Nice write up, Rowan. We’ve used Ponoko a couple times and I’m also trying to find other reasons to do so again. It’s quite exciting creating something on the computer and then getting the physical thing in the post a week or so later.