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Am I the only one mildly annoyed by the (on purpose) typo in the name? Edit: Considering there seems to be a charity with the same name active in Covid19, this
by ascar 6y ago
Am I the only one mildly annoyed by the (on purpose) typo in the name?
Edit: Considering there seems to be a charity with the same name active in Covid19, this also seems to be a bad choice for legal reasons.
https://wellcome.org/ https://wellcome.org/
- howlgarnish 6y agoIt may be a trademark issue as well, since there's a very well known trust and former pharma giant (now part of GlaxoSmithKline) that uses the same name: https://wellcome.org/about-us https://wellcome.org/about-us
- regularfry 6y agoMy first thought was that they're going to trip over a bunch of pharma trademarks.
- CharmingOpp 6y agoThere’s also a market by the same name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellcome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellcome
- zoom6628 6y agoAnd a Hong Kong supermarket of the same name.
- wdb 6y agoYes, I was confused about the naming too. As there is the Wellcome Foundation/museum in London See: https://wellcomecollection.org https://wellcomecollection.org
- whiddershins 6y agoWhy isn’t it Well com Like a telecom but for wellness wellcom.org
- wussboy 6y agoWith all these examples of other things that have the same name, is almost like it’s okay if a bunch of things have the same name
- FunnyLookinHat 6y agoI used to work at https://wellcomemat.com https://wellcomemat.com :)
- dhosek 6y agoMy first thought when I saw the name was the Wellcome Trust, for whom I did some work when I was in college. It's a poor choice of name.