Re:Apple Sues Amazon.com, Seeks Order to Stop Use of 'App St...
by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @06:07AM
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Wikipedia claims the word Crayon goes back to the 1600s, and has photos of boxes with the word "crayon" from 20 years before the company that became "Crayola" existed.
So what name did they have to give up?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon
Better examples from Wikipedia are:
Aspirin, originally a trademark of Bayer AG
Butterscotch, originally a trademark of Parkinson's
Escalator, originally a trademark of Otis Elevator Company[4][5][6]
Heroin, originally a trademark of Bayer AG
Kerosene, originally a trademark of Abraham Gesner
Phillips-head screw, named after Henry F. Phillips
Pogo for the toy Pogo stick[6][7]
Sellotape, a brandname of The Sellotape Company
Thermos, originally a trademark of Thermos GmbH
Tipp-Ex, originally a trademark of German manufacturers Tipp-Ex GmbH & Co. KG
Yo-yo, originally a trademark of Duncan Yo-Yo Company
Zipper, originally a trademark of B.F. Goodrich[6][8]
Re:Apple Sues Amazon.com, Seeks Order to Stop Use of 'App St...
by Cococabasa on Monday March 21, 2011 @08:11PM
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IT'S CALLED AN APPLICATION STORE, NOT AN APP STORE.
It reminds me of the Crayon story. Seems simple: wax drawing tool. But wooo! Crayola had to give up the name.
Personally, it's a tough call. They are all Crayons, they are all App Stores. Not sure what the solution is.