Trademarks

Legal Ownership and Use 

The   following information clarifies the legal ownership and proper use of the   Bill Thomas Cheetah brand, intellectual properties, and related items.
We   will constantly strive to have this page reflect the most correct   information available. 

Legal Owners 

The six children   of Bill Thomas and Violet Thomas, the Bill Thomas Family, are the   only entities with ownership of any tangible and   intangible property of Bill Thomas and his Cheetah. 

Legal Custodians 

Carolyn Thomas Walters, first child of   Bill Thomas 

William   Porter Thomas III, third child of Bill Thomas, also known as   Bill Thomas or Bill Thomas III 

Bill Thomas Motors 

Legal Ownership 

· A note on the “Bill Thomas” name. 

o William Porter Thomas   II, born in 1921 and died October 10, 2009,   commonly and affectionately went by ‘Bill Thomas’. 

o His son, William Porter   Thomas III, born on March 11, 1954, known as ‘Bill   Thomas’ within the Cheetah community. 

· A note on the “Bill Thomas Motors” name. 

o Bill Thomas had a   company called “Bill Thomas Motors” in 1964 (https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?filing=&SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=Bill+Thomas+Motors).   

o One of the current   custodians for the Bill Thomas Family is Bill Thomas Motors, in honor of the original   company name. 

· The Bill Thomas Family owns everything related to Bill Thomas and   his Cheetah. 

o The 2001 “Authorization   Agreement” did   not reference any transfers of any ownership and ended   with the 2009 death of Bill Thomas.  This has been   confirmed by the US Federal Court judgement. 

o No other   documents alleging to change any ownership have survived   common sense scrutiny and the scrutiny of the US Federal   Courts nor the US Patent and Trademark   Office (USPTO). 

o The Bill Thomas   Family has won against any oppositions to the five   Trademarks pursued. 

· The “Bill Thomas Continuation Cheetah” project and “Authorization   Agreement”. 

o The 2001 “Authorization   Agreement” between Bill Thomas and BTM LLC of Arizona was a license agreement   that ended by the Bill Thomas Family on September 12th, 2013 and confirmed   by the US Federal Court judgement to have ended upon   Bill Thomas’s death on October 10, 2009. 

o This   project produced thirty ‘Continuation   Cheetahs’ personally authenticated by Bill Thomas.  With the   loss of Bill Thomas, no further Continuation Cheetahs can be   produced, nor the name/brand used, as the Authorization   Agreement requires Bill Thomas’s authentication. 

Ownership Documents 

Court Judgement 

Trademarks 

To verify Trademarks without a Registration Number: 

1. Visit the United States Patent and Trademark   Office’s Trademark Electronic Search System (“USPTO TESS”) - http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/ 

2. Use the “Name” above to search for   the Trademark. 

3. Use the Registration Number or Serial   Number to view the LIVE applications. 

Valid Uses 

No use of any Bill Thomas Cheetah branding or intellectual property can be used to sell any new products, included but not limited to: 

· the ‘Bill Thomas Cheetah’ name. 

· the ‘Bill Thomas Motors’ name or its BTM abbreviation. 

· the ‘Bill Thomas’ name or likeness. 

· the name or likeness of any Bill Thomas Family member. 

· the Trademarks, logos, and phrases mentioned on this website.