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I am aware of what the FTC stipulation did and did not state, as I pointed that out above, and I also pointed out that we have no evidence that Bulova was required to stop selling AAs at any time by any entity.  All we know, at this point, is that they couldn't keep advertising the AAs the way they were doing prior to the FTC stipulation.  That was exactly the point I made earlier in this thread.  All the rest is speculation at this point.

My working theory is that they quit making AAs altogether--changed the dial and called them something else.  Your theory apparently is that they changed the dial and quit calling them anything--so, does your theory make them AAs or nothing at all?  We may need a new category in the database if we go with your theory. . . "No Name" or "Unadvertised". . . "Off the Record"????

P.S.  In regard to "Academy Awards losing its bid for a patent", I think that requires some clarification.  The entity that sued Bulova for trademark infringement was issued trademarks for "Academy Award" and "Oscar", but those trademarks were later cancelled after it was revealed that the company was a sham, did not use "Academy Award" or "Oscar" in any legitimate business, and registered the trademarks for the sole purpose of suing companies like Bulova.  That company was not the actual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which does, and did in the 1950s, hold trademarks for "Academy Award" and "Oscar".  That's why Bulova paid them for use of the terms.