View Single Post
Old 11-20-2011, 04:31 PM   #230
Pinecone
Guru
Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pinecone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 902
Karma: 1660722
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Maryland
Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350
Quote:
Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
Nope. Trademarks have a "use it or lose it" law, unless that's been repealed- which I doubt, because otherwise Disney wouldn't be fighting to hard to keep Mickey Mouse.
Actually trademarks can be lost over generic use. Amazon should be fighting the generic use of the term kindle (small K) for any ereader.

Which is why many places, if you ask for a Coke, will tell you that they serve Pepsi. Or Xerox people always say they will copy something, not that they will xerox it.
Pinecone is offline   Reply With Quote