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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: There he goes again
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:40:16 -0000 (UTC)
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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.