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Google has a system called Borg, and they are fine. Also, BorgBackup is not new; they have been around for a while.

• bigdubs 7y ago
  My understanding was that the internal Borg was fine because it wasn't publicly available, versus this which is.
  • slenk 7y ago
    The word Borg itself I do not believe is trademarked. I didn't think you could trademark someone's last name? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg A search of borg in the patent office shows the name used a lot: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4806%3Avh5xwi.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=borg&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4806%3Av...
    • trothamel 7y ago
      Why not? If you look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_(name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_(name) , the surname 'Apple' is used quite a bit.
    • ranDOMscripts 7y ago
      Tell that to Uzi Nissan. https://nissan.com/Digest/The_Story.php https://nissan.com/Digest/The_Story.php
      • slenk 7y ago
        Wow...that sucks. If I ever bought anything Nissan Motor I would have to reconsider. I hate how easily corruptible trademark/copyright/patent rules are