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It's different from Zynga's "-ville", because Zynga creates new words that have never (or very rarely) been used. It's different from Apple's i-Things as well f
by fragsworth 13y ago
It's different from Zynga's "-ville", because Zynga creates new words that have never (or very rarely) been used. It's different from Apple's i-Things as well for the same reason. Both of those companies made prudent decisions about their brand trademarks by not treading on anyone else.
The law should not allow companies to own common English words in perpetuity. If you want to make your brand a common English word, you should accept the fact that other people get to use it.
I doubt King will win any lawsuits against others who use the words.
- chilldream 13y ago> Both of those companies made prudent decisions about their brand trademarks by not treading on anyone else. Actually Apple ran into some trouble with, say, there already being software called IOS before any of the iThings existed. They've been to court over it a few times.
- morganherlocker 13y agoThey also license the name "iPhone" from Cisco. They reference it in the first few lines of the legal section in the settings panel.
- MartinCron 13y agoThere's a different takeaway here. There are lots of other companies that are using the i- prefix for their products and yet Apple continues to thrive.