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It could actually be used against racists, right? You could trademark a bunch of offensive terms and then sue alt-right types for trademark infringement wheneve
by openasocket 9y ago
It could actually be used against racists, right? You could trademark a bunch of offensive terms and then sue alt-right types for trademark infringement whenever they use those terms in print or something. IANAL and only have a basic understanding of trademark law, so I'm probably missing something.
- antognini 9y agoI think you have to actually be using the terms in some bona fide business context for them to be eligible for trademark protection. It's different from patent protection, where you can just sit on a patent without using it.
- icebraining 9y agoYou also don't become an "owner" of the word, you just get an exclusive right over its commercial use on a specific sector.