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Re:Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can... by perbu on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:31AM (#32117044)
Trademarks are supposed to be consumer protection regulation. They aren't there to protect the corporations. If I make some brown goo and call it "Pepsi" then Pepsico can sue me because I confuse their customers and not because this will cause losses for Pepsico.

At least, this was the original intention. In today's more corporation-friendly world, more emphasis is being put on the corporations interests unfortunately.

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Re:Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can... by juunpp on Saturday July 16, 2022 @02:15PM (#32120502)
Indeed inaccurate.

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/what-trademark

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Re:Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can... by perbu on Sunday July 17, 2022 @08:54AM (#32126342)
In the 1995 case of Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., the Supreme Court described trademark law as "preventing others from copying a source-identifying mark" and assisting the customer in making purchasing decisions.
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Re:Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can... by Anon1096 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:18AM (#32118972)
This is a reddit-type urban legend that has no basis in reality.
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Re:Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can... by r_hoods_ghost on Saturday July 16, 2022 @09:55AM (#32118116)
Citation? Genuinely never heard this argument before.
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Re:Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can... by technothrasher on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:15AM (#32118344)
That's because it isn't true. Trademarks since ancient Egypt have simply been a way to specify origin of a product. Laws regulating trademark are an attempt to stop consumer confusion, either by accident or through fraud, but have always been written with the interests of the producer in mind, not the consumer.
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Re:Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can... by aaaaaaaaata on Sunday July 17, 2022 @07:46AM (#32125987)
Does this mean we can never rebase toward the consumer again?
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