Request for Question Clarification by
scriptor-ga
on
28 Oct 2005 11:55 PDT
Not an answer, only an abstract of what I've been able to find out.
The lack of a patent number (provided that a patent was ever granted)
makes research very difficult. Therefore, all I had was the term
"Savage U.S.A.". I assumed that "Savage" was not the name of the
lipstick as such, but of the manufacturer. So I searched the database
of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for registered trademarks
relating to cosmetics and connected with the word "Savage".
There was only one result that fit with the prerequisites: On 21 April
1936, the trademark "Jungle" (first use in commerce on 1 November
1934) was registered for a company named Savage Inc. (11 East Austin
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois). The trademark related to cosmetics,
explicitly including lipsticks. Trademark registration was cancelled
on 31 January 1996, through the New York marketing communications law
firm Davis & Gilbert.
The trademark "Jungle" seems to fit perfectly with your description of
exotic vegetation and women, as does the manufacturer's name. I am
quite sure that this is the company that made the lipstick once
located in the lid in your possession. However, it proved to be
impossible to find any other traces of the company or their products.
The Illinois database of registered companies only lists existing
businesses, but there is no cosmetics manufacturer named Savage Inc.
among them. They seem to be defunct.
That's all I could find out. It's not much, and since I don't know
whether it would be satisfactory for you, I decided to let you know
the results of my research so you can let me know if this is enough to
constitute an answer in your opinion.
Regards,
Scriptor
