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These questions are are pretty well answered by trademark law. Most of it boils down to a judge's decision, who, by the way, can decide that a hereforeto novel
by colanderman 14y ago
These questions are are pretty well answered by trademark law. Most of it boils down to a judge's decision, who, by the way, can decide that a hereforeto novel term has become generic (much as Xerox, Kleenex, and Photoshop are in danger of becoming), hence why you see ridiculous efforts by companies with household names to prevent verbification of their names.
- micampe 14y agoI know, I was challenging the idea that it should not be allowed to trademark words in “the dictionary”. It’s a judge decision, there is no formal list of disallowed words, and my point is that there can’t be one, in the real world.
- darkarmani 14y agoIn danger of becoming? I'm not exactly sure why Kleenex or Frisbee are not already generic along with "coke" in the South.