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Subject: Re: There he goes again
Date: 14 Jul 2024 20:22:42 GMT
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:20:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> Yeah, isn't there a legal thing where like if a name becomes part of
> common vocabulary, then you lose the trademark? I remember a long time
> ago reading that Photoshop was trying to get people to say they
> "digitally enhanced this image with Adobe PhotoshopTM" instead of saying
> "i photoshopped it" like a normal person.

Very seldom happens if you keep defending the trademark. I'm not sure how 
Bayer lost 'Aspirin' but that was about 100 years ago and the laws may 
have changed.