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Why were they even allowed to trademark a generic word like Candy? Can they ask Websters or Oxford to remove word candy from their dictionaries?
by donniezazen 13y ago
Why were they even allowed to trademark a generic word like Candy? Can they ask Websters or Oxford to remove word candy from their dictionaries?
- gdulli 13y agoIt's something they could only enforce in the limited context of gaming. Just like "Apple" can be trademarked specifically in computing. You couldn't sell apples and trademark "apple" in that context because it would unfairly prevent others from selling apples. But Apple gets to protext themselves from a proliferation of companies named "Apple Computers", "Apple Computing", "Apple Computer", "Apple Computor", etc.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoYou can use a trademark. You can't lawfully use someone else's registered trademark to sell goods/services in the same category or when there is confusion as to where the goods originate from though. Pepsi can mention Coca Cola in their ads, they can sing and dance about them if they want to. As soon as they put it on their packets (or use other trademarks like the Coca Cola livery) and create the possibility of confusion in consumers as to whether Coca Cola made the Pepsi product or not [at least enough to convince a court] then they're in trouble and Coca Cola should be able to successfully sue.