Re:Mastodon Is Better Than Twitter: Elevator Pitch
by zimpenfish on Sunday August 19, 2018 @02:42AM
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You'd have to think that the trademark would be sufficiently diluted by common usage by now that it was heading rapidly towards invalidation (cf hoover, xerox, etc.)
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Re:Mastodon Is Better Than Twitter: Elevator Pitch
by zrobotics on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:47PM
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You go ahead and start selling copiers branded Xerox and tell us how diluted that trademark is. It may be a common term, same as 'googling', but the test here is whether the company is willing to actively defend the trademark. I can assure you that all of the companies you mentioned would certainly have lawyers ready to prove they hold a valid trademark.