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gram - is a metric system unit of mass, can they trademark it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram

• bendykstra 10y ago
  Tesla is a unit of magnetic field strength. Hertz is a unit of frequency. Siemens is a measure of electric conductance. Try to find an SI unit that isn't also a company or product. Trademarks aren't about owning a word, only about having exclusive use of it within a certain domain. If Instagram is successful, you will still be allowed to use the SI unit to quantify mass. You won't be able to market a competing product or service with the same name.
  • groby_b 10y ago
    See also: "50 Shades of Gray" :)
  • genbit 10y ago
    > a certain domain do you know if this domain is as broad as "app" or "photo app?" Example If I make a product called GoldGram, that will display trend prices for gold gram - it will be violating trademark?
• dingaling 10y ago
  Common words have been under trademark-attack for some years now. Carlsberg managed to register 'probably' in the context of beer and food: https://tmdb.eu/trademark/008349227/eu/en/probably https://tmdb.eu/trademark/008349227/eu/en/probably and Specsavers recently won 'Should've' in the UK, to be referred to the EU level now, though thankfully they had their application narrowed-down to eyewear and medical devices.