Revision: Jan. 28, 2011, midnight
HCR 22 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
01/10
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 22
A RESOLUTION opposing the right of any firm, corporation, or individual to trademark the name Mount Washington.
SPONSORS: Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. M. Tremblay, Coos 4; Rep. H. Richardson, Coos 2; Rep. Umberger, Carr 1; Rep. F. McCarthy, Carr 1; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This concurrent resolution urges the New Hampshire delegation to actively oppose any effort to federally trademark the name Mount Washington.
11-0521
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
A RESOLUTION opposing the right of any firm, corporation, or individual to trademark the name Mount Washington.
Whereas, at 6,288 feet Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States and is located in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, in Coos County, New Hampshire; and
Whereas, Mount Washington is a natural landmark known throughout the world for its majestic beauty and its dangerously erratic weather; and
Whereas, Mount Washington signifies the tough, resilient “live free or die” nature of New Hampshire and its residents; and
Whereas, Mount Washington is unique to New Hampshire; and
Whereas, the company that owns the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire has sought to trademark the name; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the New Hampshire general court hereby opposes the right of any firm, corporation, or person to trademark the name Mount Washington; and
That the New Hampshire general court hereby requests New Hampshire’s congressional delegation to actively oppose any effort to federally trademark the name Mount Washington; and
That copies of this resolution be forwarded by the house clerk to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States and each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.