Editing Autoharp (section)

===Trademark===
A stylized representation of the word ''autoharp'' was registered as a trademark in 1926.<ref>U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Electronic Search System, September 7, 2006.</ref> The word itself is currently claimed as a trademark by the [[U.S. Music Corporation]], whose Oscar Schmidt Inc. division manufactures autoharps. The [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|USPTO]] registration, however, covers only a “Mark Drawing Code (5) Words, Letters, and/or Numbers in Stylized Form” and has expired.<ref>U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Electronic Search System, May 25, 2009.</ref> In litigation with George Orthey, it was held that Oscar Schmidt could only claim ownership of the graphic device, the word ''autoharp'' having come into generic use.