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Well that's outrageous. It's one thing to sue over similar names—I can see a case that people might have misconceptions over products. Saying you own the right
by samsolomon 7y ago
Well that's outrageous.
It's one thing to sue over similar names—I can see a case that people might have misconceptions over products. Saying you own the rights to a color is ridiculous. T-Mobile and Lemonade are in different industries.
- rement 7y agoHershey trademarked the Reese's orange https://newfoodeconomy.org/food-company-color-trademarks-reeses-peanut-butter-chocolate-orange/ https://newfoodeconomy.org/food-company-color-trademarks-ree...
- kstrauser 7y agoI'm OK with that, to a point, within a narrow scope. If you go to grab a chocolate bar off a shelf, you want reasonable assurance that it's what you think you're getting, and not Re-Sees Peanut Butter Caps. Trademarks were an early form of consumer protection.
- ip26 7y agoI still remember when Sony patented (trademarked?) a number.
- michaelmrose 7y agoThere is a fundamental equivalence between numbers and other concepts. Any concept can be mapped to any particular number based on the method of encoding chosen. Intellectual property is saying that I own this particular result of turning a number into usable output regardless of starting number. This is to say that we can't tell without actually decoding the number so we are in fact asserting that there is a chance we own any and all numbers if someone later publishes the encoding that would turn your number into a picture of a cartoon mouse.
- pgreenwood 7y agoThere is a fundamental equivalence between unique pictures of a cartoon mice and automobiles. Any automobile can be mapped to any particular unique cartoon mouse picture based on the method of encoding chosen. Automobile ownership is saying that I own this particular result of turning a unique cartoon mouse picture into usable car regardless of starting cartoon mouse picture. This is to say that we can't tell without actually decoding the cartoon mouse picture so we are in fact asserting that there is a chance we own any and all cartoon mouse pictures if someone later publishes the encoding that would turn your cartoon mouse picture into an automobile.
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- daveslash 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number For those who are interested.
- maxden 7y agoCadbury and the color purple https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/02/chocolate-wars-break-colour-purple/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/02/chocolate-wars-b...