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Along with Coke, Jeep, Mace, Band-Aid and Levi’s, one of the world’s most famous trademarks is Esso. It is used by Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) in foreign countries and many parts of the U.S., where Esso is the trademark of the domestic operating arm, Humble Oil and Refining Co. Trouble is, legal restrictions following the 1911 breakup of the old Standard Oil trust have barred Humble from brandishing the Esso name in 20 states. In parts of the South and West, the company uses the label Enco, or, in Ohio, Humble.
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Hildebrandt, K., Knudsen, E. (1975). On with EXXON. In: Hildebrandt, K., Knudsen, E. (eds) Englische Wirtschaftstexte für Ausbildung und Beruf. Gabler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-84255-8_7
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