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This is almost certainly due to trademark protection. I'm surprised this isn't mentioned in the original article. If "Google" as a verb becomes a genericized
by davweb 14y ago
This is almost certainly due to trademark protection. I'm surprised this isn't mentioned in the original article.
If "Google" as a verb becomes a genericized trademark[1] then they lose a lot of their trademark protection.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark
- smtddr 14y ago> I'm surprised this isn't mentioned in the original article. Don't be, there's a witch-hunt on Google right now. Nothing but the most negative-spin on them will be reported for the next few months until everyone calms down about reader.