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That is how trademarks works. Lots of simple words are trademarked...Apple, Windows, word,
by chrismcb 10y ago
That is how trademarks works. Lots of simple words are trademarked...Apple, Windows, word,
- jordigh 10y agoBut you can't trademark generic words in specific domains. You can't use the "Apple" trademark to sell produce or the "Windows" trademark to sell frames and glass panes. The Lindows lawsuit very nearly saw Microsoft lose the Windows trademark because "windows" is a generic term very closely associated to what the Windows OS is. I can see a case for "droid" referring to generic electromechanical automatons, which are now more of a reality than they were 40 years ago.