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What are the consequences if this is accepted?
by antoineMoPa 10y ago
What are the consequences if this is accepted?
- evincarofautumn 10y agoNot a lawyer, but I’d guess that if a company releases a product in this jurisdiction, with “gram” in the name, and it falls into one of these categories: “Downloadable computer software for modifying and enabling transmission of images, audio-visual and video content; downloadable computer software for viewing and interacting with a feed of images, audio-visual and video content and associated text and data; computer software for social networking.” Then that company can be sued by Instagram for trademark infringement. It seems overly broad; I wonder how it would affect, say, Telegram.
- hvidgaard 10y agowrt. Telegram, wouldn't it be kinda like prior art?
- michaelmrose 10y agoPrior art isn't a trademark related word nor does it have meaning here.
- hvidgaard 10y agoHence I said "kinda like". It's not a patent, so of cource prior art makes no sense, but the equivalent for a trademark, whatever that is called.
- takingflac 10y agoTrademarks have to be maintained so there is no "kind of like" however the strength of the trademark is eroded a good bit for being a common word.
- nomercy400 10y agoOeh, I should trademark 'inter-' and '-net' and then profits. Sounds silly this 'gram' thing. 'Instagram' I can understand, but not just 'gram'.
- cordite 10y agoWe may have to call crackers that we take pictures of by a different name