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Exactly. > The appeals panel said trademark loss to genericide occurs when the name has become an "exclusive descriptor" that makes it difficult for competitor
by glitcher 9y ago
Exactly.
> The appeals panel said trademark loss to genericide occurs when the name has become an "exclusive descriptor" that makes it difficult for competitors to compete unless they use that name.
Nobody can convince me that Bing will improve it's marketing by suggesting that people should "use Bing to google anything on the Internet"!
Interesting off-topic thought - I still catch myself saying "I'm going to uber there" when I'm actually using Lyft.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoI still instinctively tell people to "google it" even though I exclusively use Bing or DuckDuckGo. I usually catch myself after.
- RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 9y agoAnd in an alternate universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4
- chops 9y agoHoly moly! So cringeworthy!
- nol13 9y agoi find odd pleasure in using alternative search engines as a verb in casual conversation
- voidz 9y agoFor laughs I sometimes say I'm AltaVista'ing something. Or "Veronica'ing" if I suspect they'd might get the reference.
- lesserknowndan 9y agoYes, but what search engine to you think they will use? I would expect Google.