# Heritage

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heritage/43841>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [October 10, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heritage/43841 "2012-10-10T21:09:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![frodoslair](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frodoslair/32/833_2.png) [@frodoslair](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/frodoslair)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heritage/43841/1 "2012-10-10T21:09:45Z")

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Not sure where to put this, so here goes:

Duncan, 1950s:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/f/a/ffa77d74956cc268d8b3e60ee9fdc953e6b0454f.jpeg)

Durban (South Africa), 1966:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/e/f/aefebb8e8a1c7c02dbdd476b986a9b7f7b18701a.jpeg)  
Cape Town (South Africa), 1972:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/f/a/cfab5931c9a08327e7991d166bbf9fdaf0fff2de.jpeg)

Anyone else have some iconic images they’d like to share?

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heritage/43841/2 "2012-10-10T22:38:54Z")

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This is the perfect place for this and this is an awesome thread.

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**Author:** ![frodoslair](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frodoslair/32/833_2.png) [@frodoslair](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/frodoslair)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heritage/43841/3 "2012-10-12T05:02:06Z")

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Really… no one else have anything they’d like to share here?

Incidentally, the fellow doing double-handed in the 1950s Duncan pamphlet is Jack Russell. He went on to form his own company, and Russell went on to produce over 500 million yoyos over 50+ years, in promotions in over 90 countries.

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**Author:** ![frodoslair](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frodoslair/32/833_2.png) [@frodoslair](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/frodoslair)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heritage/43841/5 "2012-10-12T13:03:39Z")

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At the time Duncan had a trademark on the term “yo-yo”.

Royal produced yoyos that had the trademarked term and Duncan took them to court. Royal argued that “yo-yo” was a generic term. Duncan lost the case and it almost bankrupted the company.

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**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heritage/43841/6 "2012-10-12T17:56:07Z")

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> [@frodoslair](#):
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> At the time Duncan had a trademark on the term “yo-yo”.
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> Royal produced yoyos that had the trademarked term and Duncan took them to court. Royal argued that “yo-yo” was a generic term. Duncan lost the case and it almost bankrupted the company.

I’m Glad they kept going