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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension fea... by x1798DE on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:48AM (#12443829)
Fair enough, I did not realize there was a different concept called that in trademark law.

I still don't understand why you think it's absurd that he would assert such a defense, though. The article you linked clearly states that nominative use is actually encouraged by US trademark law. It seems a no brainer that you'd be able to specify the platform that your product works with.

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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension fea... by deanclatworthy on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:05AM (#12443984)
The main problem here is that the author has created a product, which is harmful to the company in question whilst using their trademark. Generally courts don't like that.
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