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“Face book” is itself a generic term for a literal book of faces that some colleges would print and distribute to incoming freshman classes so they could get to
by snowwrestler 5y ago
“Face book” is itself a generic term for a literal book of faces that some colleges would print and distribute to incoming freshman classes so they could get to know each other.
And you’re on the site of a company that holds a trademark on “Y combinator,” a math term.
Yes, one can trademark generic words or terms. A trademark must be narrowly defined to cover only your specific markets and uses, and it must be in active use.
- mark-r 5y agoI worked on a product called "Media Center" which we applied for a trademark on. The USPTO turned it down claiming it was too generic. Then 6 months later Microsoft comes out with a new version of Windows, with a Media Center in it.
- tpmx 5y agoThey used the trademark "Windows Media Center": https://uspto.report/TM/78100817 https://uspto.report/TM/78100817
- waynecochran 5y agoThose are all nouns -- makes a bit more sense...