Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark

Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by glitcher on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:33PM (#15068036)

Exactly.

> The appeals panel said trademark loss to genericide occurs when the name has become an "exclusive descriptor" that makes it difficult for competitors to compete unless they use that name.

Nobody can convince me that Bing will improve it's marketing by suggesting that people should "use Bing to google anything on the Internet"!

Interesting off-topic thought - I still catch myself saying "I'm going to uber there" when I'm actually using Lyft.

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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by ocdtrekkie on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:35PM (#15068046)

I still instinctively tell people to "google it" even though I exclusively use Bing or DuckDuckGo. I usually catch myself after.

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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:46PM (#15068411)

And in an alternate universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4

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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by chops on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:40PM (#15068680)

Holy moly!

So cringeworthy!

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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by voidz on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @08:00AM (#15071507)

For laughs I sometimes say I'm AltaVista'ing something. Or "Veronica'ing" if I suspect they'd might get the reference.

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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by lesserknowndan on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:36AM (#15079934)

Yes, but what search engine to you think they will use? I would expect Google.

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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by nol13 on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:43PM (#15069133)

i find odd pleasure in using alternative search engines as a verb in casual conversation

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