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Pretty sure Clippy is trademarked. Had the same idea but did not go through with it because of the TM.
by nullchan 1y ago
Pretty sure Clippy is trademarked. Had the same idea but did not go through with it because of the TM.
- SoftTalker 1y agoTrademarks have to actually be used to remain enforceable, I think. Not sure MS could claim Clippy after all this time, not that they might not try.
- mook 1y agoThree fact that it's not a product anymore doesn't mean it's unused; a quick search says they at a minimum used it in 2021: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/07/08/get-nostalgic-with-new-microsoft-teams-backgrounds/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/07/0...
- SoftTalker 1y agoWow, had no idea. Like a bad penny.
- shrinks99 1y agoMicrosoft uses Clippy for the paperclip emoji in the Fluent Emoji set. The trademark is why the open source version of Fluent Emoji doesn't use Clippy's likeness.
- pier25 1y agoI seriously doubt Microsoft would enforce it for a non-commercial side project.
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- muwtyhg 1y agoThe character is actually named Clippit. Although maybe MS trademarked Clippy after it became the more common name.
- maxwell 1y agoCorrect. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=90782096&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=90782096&caseSearchType=U...
- VanTheBrand 1y agoActually this says the trademark is pending them proving they are using it and they aren’t so they keep filing extensions. Also it’s limited in scope to word processing (at there is lots of back and forth with the trademark office about that)