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Facebook was completely generic. Facebook used to be term for the paperback student profile books that universities produced. Facebook the website started as an
by ig1 13y ago
Facebook was completely generic. Facebook used to be term for the paperback student profile books that universities produced. Facebook the website started as an electronic version of the paper facebooks.
- ynniv 13y agoFacebook was completely generic. Yes, Facebook WAS generic. They would have had a difficult time enforcing their brand from the start. Once a brand becomes a household name (which is admittedly a vague metric), the rules are different. See Apple, Windows, Sun, Sharp, Digital.
- ig1 13y agoThe standard isn't "household name", but rather "acquired distinctiveness" which in the US is defined under the terms of Section 2(f) of the Trademark Act