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Scrolls is just an English word. You shouldn't be able to trademark it in the first place.

masklinn 15y ago
Trademark law is not patent law, it tends to be stricter, more restricted and much harder to abuse (although it can be abused, see Tim Langdell).
coob 15y ago
Apple.
pestaa 15y ago
It is trademarked within context, it is violated in its own context (video games).
latch 15y ago
That's exactly how trademarks don't work. Windows. Apple. McDonalds (a proper name!). Name combinations: Pizza Hut, Quaker State, Bank of America.
- maximusprime 15y ago
  Yes I know how it works. I was commenting that I find the current system of being able to trademark English words like "orange" a pretty silly system.
  - latch 15y ago
    You really don't see a problem with someone other than Microsoft selling an operating system and calling it Windows? What about a company that does mail delivery calling itself the "United States Postal Service" ? An airline called "Virgin"?
    - 0x12 15y ago
      It should be called 'microsoft windows'. That way we can have 'Apple windows', 'digital research windows' and so on. Window managers are a class and you should not be able to monopolize a class name without some sort of addition.
      - zerostar07 15y ago
        "Hello, I have a problem with Nokia Photoshop not loading on my Fujitsu-Siemens Macbook Pro after installing the latest upgrade of 'Google Snow Leopard Windows'".
        rfrey 15y ago
        "Google" is an English word, so you'll have to be a bit more specific.
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        zerostar07 15y ago
        "Well i tried Adobegoogling it, Microsoftgoogling, Googlegoogling and Quorastackoverflowing it, but no clear solution was found. I am gonna consider buying the Virgin Atlantic Photoshop CS4 instead from the Walmart App Store"
        Aqua_Geek 15y ago
        Technically, "Google" isn't an English word - it's a misspelling of the English word "googol."
        mukyu 15y ago
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator#Loss_of_trademark_rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator#Loss_of_trademark_rig...
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  - jerf 15y ago
    You can't. Trademarks have domains in which they are functional. Microsoft owns "Windows", an English word, but only in the computer domain (whichever one that is). They do not own the word Windows. The system already does not let you simply trademark English words.
- zerostar07 15y ago
  Not to mention Bethesda

Trademark law is not patent law, it tends to be stricter, more restricted and much harder to abuse (although it can be abused, see Tim Langdell).

coob 15y ago

Apple.

pestaa 15y ago

It is trademarked within context, it is violated in its own context (video games).

latch 15y ago

That's exactly how trademarks don't work. Windows. Apple. McDonalds (a proper name!). Name combinations: Pizza Hut, Quaker State, Bank of America.

maximusprime 15y ago
Yes I know how it works. I was commenting that I find the current system of being able to trademark English words like "orange" a pretty silly system.
- latch 15y ago
  You really don't see a problem with someone other than Microsoft selling an operating system and calling it Windows? What about a company that does mail delivery calling itself the "United States Postal Service" ? An airline called "Virgin"?
  - 0x12 15y ago
    It should be called 'microsoft windows'. That way we can have 'Apple windows', 'digital research windows' and so on. Window managers are a class and you should not be able to monopolize a class name without some sort of addition.
    - zerostar07 15y ago
      "Hello, I have a problem with Nokia Photoshop not loading on my Fujitsu-Siemens Macbook Pro after installing the latest upgrade of 'Google Snow Leopard Windows'".
      - rfrey 15y ago
        "Google" is an English word, so you'll have to be a bit more specific.
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        zerostar07 15y ago
        "Well i tried Adobegoogling it, Microsoftgoogling, Googlegoogling and Quorastackoverflowing it, but no clear solution was found. I am gonna consider buying the Virgin Atlantic Photoshop CS4 instead from the Walmart App Store"
        Aqua_Geek 15y ago
        Technically, "Google" isn't an English word - it's a misspelling of the English word "googol."
        mukyu 15y ago
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator#Loss_of_trademark_rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator#Loss_of_trademark_rig...
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- jerf 15y ago
  You can't. Trademarks have domains in which they are functional. Microsoft owns "Windows", an English word, but only in the computer domain (whichever one that is). They do not own the word Windows. The system already does not let you simply trademark English words.
zerostar07 15y ago
Not to mention Bethesda