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Subject: Re: There he goes again
Date: 14 Jul 2024 04:28:16 GMT
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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. 
Johnson & Johnson can defend the trademark all they want but are you going 
to Walgreens for a box of adhesive bandages?