Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: There he goes again Date: 14 Jul 2024 07:30:05 GMT Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net HWcCQqCqYjVkw0E7hVF6vQvd19/ifYdPhom9FscRat2ajJzF48 Cancel-Lock: sha1:i6qMLCtzgIouWbfgEGenzLKvfCw= sha256:KntFVk9wlxzhSFBwyqS/YzX9UVwvZRNFbHkLWvS/mos= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2591 On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:40:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On 14 Jul 2024 04:28:16 GMT, rbowman wrote: > >> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:39:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> On 13 Jul 2024 18:36:51 GMT, rbowman wrote: >>> >>>> A USB flash drive, aka memory stick, aka thumb drive? >>> >>> Sony has, or had, a trademark on the term “Memory Stick”. Which kind >>> of discouraged its use for USB sticks in general. >> >> Yeah, well, Xerox, Kleenex, and Band-Aid are trademarked too afaik. > > I think most of those are gone. https://qz.com/when-it-comes-to-work-apps-minimizing-your-toolkit- can-1851581816 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/journey-trademark-xerox-from-becoming- victim-victor-gaurav-singhal/ https://secureyourtrademark.com/blog/common-word-trademarks-band-aid/ J&J lost in the WIPO court but only because Baskin wasn't trying to sell adhesive bandages. https://www.4allpromos.com/blog/22-brand-names-youve-been-using- generically-probably Do you ever google something using DuckDuckGo? Unless a Chinese company starts selling Kreenex Kimberly-clark grins and bears it. Think I'm kidding? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chery