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Civil trademark law effectively means everyone is "subject to" their terms. They'll send a nasty-gram to enforce their rights as the trademark holder, and the

• Dylan16807 6y ago
  > Civil trademark law effectively means everyone is "subject to" their terms. Not in the slightest. Adobe cannot do a single thing at all about people misapplying the word photoshop. Trademark law only applies when someone could conceivably become confused about who is offering a product or service. If you avoid that problem then you can completely ignore the wishes of the trademark owner. Could you argue that this site is causing that confusion? Yes, you could. But you're greatly overstating what other uses trademark could effect. If I look at those brand guidelines and decide to talk about "the firefox" and put their logo uncomfortably close to other logos, I'm going against their desires but they can't stop me in any way.