Looking around Ebay, I came across this wall-wart.
Somebody actually thinks that "OEM" is a logical company name.
And If I'm not mistaken, it looks like they have actually invoked the circle-R registered trademark symbol.
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It brings to memory those other legends like that post-war Japanese town that named itself "Usa" so that it could make products marked: "Made in USA"
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp
Maybe it was place holder text for a customers name and they never bothered with one or to remove the text.
Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s "OEM" was not in general use---I first heard it even later than that!
There used to be an Oz Electronics company called "EMAIL"!
Re the "Usa" legend.
Although that one is apocryphal,I do remember as a kid having toys marked:
"Made in US zone Germany"
That was really early days,before the "Economic Miracle".
I saw a software package from S. E. Xchange at work a few years ago.
I think that the city named USA was in Taiwan.
I lived in St. Petersburg for a year ....
St. Petersburg Florida
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I have heard there is Moscow somewhere in Idaho?
Fucking,wank.I have no idea where to go from there .
Then there is the venerable British test equipment manufacture Wayne Kerr.
A little off topic - but in the same spirit.
The computer company Wang had a slogan some years ago - that didn't last long......
Just the fact that the name of the company was Wang was plenty....
Don't forget the classics
If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com
Combining celestial bodies with famous inventors :
Uranus - Hertz Screws and Fasteners
@ blueskull
the mayor of fucking had to concrete the sign as it was so often stolen by tourists.
If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com
That used to be a actual site selling pens. It seems to have gone, but penisland.net is still selling pens, and they say they specialise in wood.
If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com
That used to be a actual site selling pens. It seems to have gone, but penisland.net is still selling pens.
Hah, their website even has Pen bolded, as in we're not the other Penisland
Here is a BRAND brand cassette player
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Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s "OEM" was not in general use---I first heard it even later than that!
Even back in the early '70s, there was debate/confusion as to whether OEM meant "Own Equipment Manufacturer" or "Original Equipment Manufacturer". Different people gave different answers, and there was a bias towards the answer being industry dependent.
A classical one was the old ExpertSexChange.com
Later they changed the domain to Experts-Exchange.com, for obvious reasons!