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LASN PMBR News October, 200310-01-03 | News

Government Registers Trademarks on Retaining Wall System

ICD Corporation has received three United States trademark registrations for the design and look of the company?EUR??,,????'?????<

MILWAUKEE – ICD Corporation has announced that it has received three United States trademark registrations for the design and look of the company?EUR??,,????'?????<
The StoneWall SELECT system is made up of stackable, mortarless concrete blocks used for construction of retaining walls in residential, commercial and governmental applications.

According to ICD President Robert W. Dean, Jr., the registrations acknowledge the unique appearance of the StoneWall SELECT split-faced, offset concrete blocks, with a rough surface texture, as well as the unique appearance of a completed wall using these blocks. Dean went on to explain that in applying for registration of its trademarked appearance, ICD wanted to prevent others from copying the look of its blocks and walls, whether intentionally or inadvertently, thereby avoiding confusion in the marketplace about whose product was being used.

The trademarks are based on the look of the front surface of concrete blocks with an off-set, split-face surface where approximately one-third of the surface is raised in front of the rest of the front surface.

For more information visit www.selecticd.com.

National Masonry Contest

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 39th annual National Masonry Contest was held in conjunction with the SkillsUSA/VICA National Championships recently.

Forty four young contestants from across the country, each of them winners of their own state or regionall competition, worked six hours to build their composite masonry projects.

The winners of the post secondary competition were Michael Pickels from Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades in Media, Penn., who took first place; Second place went to Luke Balsingh from PTEC Saint Petersburg Campus in St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Justin Ries from Kirkwood Community College in Cedar rapids, Iowa took third.

The high school winners were Cody Alward from Mount Pleasant High School in Mount Pleasant, NC; Second place went to Andrew Miller from Earnest Pruett Center of Technology in Hollywood, Ala.; and Nathan Price from Central Eastmoreland AVTS in New Scranton, Pa., finished third.

A $1,500 scholarship was awarded to the schools of the first place winners by SpecMix, Inc. In addition, first place winners Pickels and Alward each won a Bon Tool tool set, a Marshalltown Trowel tool set, a Dell laptop computer provided by Skills USA Masonry Technical Committee, a jacket from Carhartt, and a Crick level.

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$100,000 – The amount pledged to the University of Kentucky College of Design by the Kentuckiana Masonry Institute.

4,350 – The number of vocational students competing in 92 different trade competitions at this year?EUR??,,????'?????<
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