Talk:Jaques of London

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Fascinating stuff but style isn't very encyclopedic is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.30.232.1 (talk) 09:49, 2 December 2008

Exclusive rights to Staunton pieces?[edit]

"Jaques had exclusive manufacturing rights for a chess set designed by Nathaniel Cook in 1849 and named the Staunton chess set after Howard Staunton. " I've seen plenty of other manufacturers who make Staunton pieces, as has every other chess player. One such manufacturer is the well-known House of Staunton. I sent them an email with the Wikipedia claim and they replied: "In a lawsuit in 1936 brought against B.H Wood by Jaques in the UK on this very issue. The court ruled that the name "Staunton" was a generic pattern, not specific to Jaques, and ruled in favor of Woods. —Julian Terry, Customer Service Manager, House of Staunton. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.44.133 (talk) 18:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A patent lasts for only a certain length of time, then it expires and anyone can copy it. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 19:44, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation of the name?[edit]

Is it "Zhock" as in the French (more commonly spelled "Jacques"), or it is anglicized to something like "Jacks" or "Jack-ez"? WHPratt (talk) 16:24, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I assumed it was like the French pronunciation, but I've read that it is actually like "Jakes" (long "a"). Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 16:46, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The upper right corner of this says "Jakes". Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:28, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jakes it is then! Thanks. WHPratt (talk) 03:47, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That is what the Amazon page says. It may not be right, but it looks like it came from Jaques. Their website doesn't seem to say. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:57, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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