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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: There he goes again
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:05:45 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:30:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 01:21 this Monday (GMT):
>
>> On 14 Jul 2024 20:22:42 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>> 
>>> Very seldom happens if you keep defending the trademark.
>>
>> You have to keep insisting that people stop using the trademark as a
>> generic term. Sometimes it’s an unwinnable campaign.
> 
> I'm pretty sure Google and Photoshop are close to generic terms at this
> point.

IANAL, but very likely in the grey area, at least.