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Author: Lee
Date: 2000-02-11 05:47
I have an old Selmer that has the word "Depose" above the Selmer logo and the word France below it. What does "Depose" mean?
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Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2000-02-11 14:11
Depose (with an acute accent mark above the final 'e') means, in this context, 'registered' --- it's part of the phrase 'marque depose' which means 'registered trademark' in French.
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Author: JPS
Date: 2000-02-11 16:11
This is for "registred" (trademark or patent) in France.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-02-11 18:32
I believe you both are correct, "marque" should refer to our "trademark", and "brevet" [etc],[Eng brief], to my knowledge, refers to "patents", and "depos'e" means "testify" [legally "depose" in Eng.] , likely refers to depository-filing of legal papers. Viva la France! Don
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Author: Rob
Date: 2000-02-12 00:02
My knowledge of French commercial/legal terminology is a bit rusty, but as I recall, "depose" is the French equivalent of what we would refer to in America as a registered trademark, for which we (in the US)use the symbol of a circle with an R inside. Most (not all) newer Selmer-Paris clarinets no longer have "depose" stamped on them but they do (if they are marketed in the US) have the R-in-a-circle symbol. Brevete is, I think, a conjugation of the verb breveter which amazingly means "to patent", as in the patent office. Brevet (without the e on the end)is the noun meaning patent, I think. Not very galmourous is it? Maybe everything really does sound better in French. Does that help?
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