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Protecting Mandela's name.


Don MacRobert, a lawyer in Johannesburg, wants to protect the name of Nelson Mandela Noun 1. Nelson Mandela - South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
, South Africa's first post-apartheid President. Mandela, now 86 and retired, allows his name to be used by several charities. But there have also been the Nelson Mandela Panel Beaters panel beater
Noun

a person who repairs damage to car bodies
 (an auto-repair shop) and various consumer goods consumer goods

Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and
 bearing his name or image. "Certain names are no-go commercial, zones," says MacRobert, who has asked the South African government to grant trademarks for Mandela's given name; his clan and Xhosa-language names; and 46664, his inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr.  number during the 27 years he spent in prison under apartheid.
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Title Annotation:SOUTH AFRICA; Nelson Mandela
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:6SOUT
Date:Apr 18, 2005
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