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pomodoro means tomato in italian tho

by localfirst 2y ago

conception 2y ago
Windows, Apple, Google are all common words. Trademarks be a trademarking.
- aaron695 2y ago
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- localfirst 2y ago
  https://harris-sliwoski.com/blog/trademarking-foreign-words-be-careful/ https://harris-sliwoski.com/blog/trademarking-foreign-words-...
- sltkr 2y ago
  Google isn't a word; it is a misspelling of “googol” [1], itself hardly a common word. Or more technically correct: google wasn't a word when Google was founded, but today google is listed in dictionaries [2] as a verb that means searching for something on Google. 1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googol https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googol 2. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/google https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/google
- muzani 2y ago
  imagine getting sued for using the word apple in things
  - brewdad 2y ago
    Um. Apple records (the Beatles) had a lengthy legal dispute with an American fruit company from Northern California.
  - cantSpellSober 2y ago
    Imagine a small mini golf course getting sued by Monster Cable for using the word "monster." https://www.techdirt.com/2008/12/03/monster-mini-golf-using-ebay-to-fight-monster-cables-trademark-lawsuit/ https://www.techdirt.com/2008/12/03/monster-mini-golf-using-...
- alwillis 2y ago
  Sure, but a trademark applies for products and services in the same category. If someone makes Apple crayons, that’s okay. But somebody making media or computing devices with the name “Apple” in it, that’s a problem.
  - cantSpellSober 2y ago
    True, but the trademark is in this category though, "Pomodoro" along with "Pomodoro Timer." > Examples of products can be, but are not limited to: > - Timer > - Software application – desktop, server, mobile https://www.pomodorotechnique.com/pomodoro-trademark-guidelines.php#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPomodoro%C2%AE%E2%80%9D%20is%20a%20registered,Cirillo's%20company%20Cirillo%20Consulting%20GmbH https://www.pomodorotechnique.com/pomodoro-trademark-guideli.... Just saying. Not sure they'd come after a project this size (thanks for sharing OP!). You could probably safely make a line of Pomodoro brand jet skis.
    - localfirst 2y ago
      holy crap just read through the site and it was bizarre how somebody could spend so much effort reinventing an old Japanese time management technique by slapping an Italian name and demanding rent from anyone using the italian word for tomato
cantSpellSober 2y ago
As noted in the trademark > The English translation of "POMODORO" in the mark is "tomato" or "tomato plant". https://trademarks.justia.com/857/90/pomodoro-85790837.html https://trademarks.justia.com/857/90/pomodoro-85790837.html

pomodoro means tomato in italian tho

conception 2y ago

Windows, Apple, Google are all common words. Trademarks be a trademarking.

aaron695 2y ago
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localfirst 2y ago
https://harris-sliwoski.com/blog/trademarking-foreign-words-be-careful/ https://harris-sliwoski.com/blog/trademarking-foreign-words-...
sltkr 2y ago
Google isn't a word; it is a misspelling of “googol” [1], itself hardly a common word. Or more technically correct: google wasn't a word when Google was founded, but today google is listed in dictionaries [2] as a verb that means searching for something on Google. 1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googol https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googol 2. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/google https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/google
muzani 2y ago
imagine getting sued for using the word apple in things
- brewdad 2y ago
  Um. Apple records (the Beatles) had a lengthy legal dispute with an American fruit company from Northern California.
- cantSpellSober 2y ago
  Imagine a small mini golf course getting sued by Monster Cable for using the word "monster." https://www.techdirt.com/2008/12/03/monster-mini-golf-using-ebay-to-fight-monster-cables-trademark-lawsuit/ https://www.techdirt.com/2008/12/03/monster-mini-golf-using-...
alwillis 2y ago
Sure, but a trademark applies for products and services in the same category. If someone makes Apple crayons, that’s okay. But somebody making media or computing devices with the name “Apple” in it, that’s a problem.
- cantSpellSober 2y ago
  True, but the trademark is in this category though, "Pomodoro" along with "Pomodoro Timer." > Examples of products can be, but are not limited to: > - Timer > - Software application – desktop, server, mobile https://www.pomodorotechnique.com/pomodoro-trademark-guidelines.php#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPomodoro%C2%AE%E2%80%9D%20is%20a%20registered,Cirillo's%20company%20Cirillo%20Consulting%20GmbH https://www.pomodorotechnique.com/pomodoro-trademark-guideli.... Just saying. Not sure they'd come after a project this size (thanks for sharing OP!). You could probably safely make a line of Pomodoro brand jet skis.
  - localfirst 2y ago
    holy crap just read through the site and it was bizarre how somebody could spend so much effort reinventing an old Japanese time management technique by slapping an Italian name and demanding rent from anyone using the italian word for tomato

cantSpellSober 2y ago

As noted in the trademark > The English translation of "POMODORO" in the mark is "tomato" or "tomato plant". https://trademarks.justia.com/857/90/pomodoro-85790837.html https://trademarks.justia.com/857/90/pomodoro-85790837.html