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They have trademarked "Startup" and "Work at a startup"?

• ffpip 6y ago
  Yes, I think. https://www.workatastartup.com/ https://www.workatastartup.com/
• federicoponzi 6y ago
  I think it's "Startup news", which if I'm not wrong was the initial purpose of hn.
  • ffpip 6y ago
    Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News#History https://web.archive.org/web/20070405032412/http://news.ycombinator.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070405032412/http://news.ycomb...
• eru 6y ago
  Funny enough, if you were selling ice cream, you could totally trademark 'Startup' for that market.
• iso1210 6y ago
  Unlike "Start Me Up", which was the Windows 95 advertising blitz (and of course they licenced the Stones)
  • acheron 6y ago
    "You make a grown man cry..."
  • CaptainZapp 6y ago
    Even more interesting is that the Windows 95 startup sound was composed by Brian Eno. https://theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/the-odd-story-of-how-brian-eno-composed-the-windows-95-startup-sound/ https://theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/the-odd-story-of-how...