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Re:Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small by nodata on Friday August 17, 2012 @05:56AM (#4395679)
Trademarks apply to domains. Dremel have a trademark on the Dremel drill, not on anything in the whole world called Dremel.
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Re:Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small by sbierwagen on Friday August 17, 2012 @06:19AM (#4395715)
Ah, that is true, but if I recall, a "fanciful mark" that's entirely made up, like Kodak, Google, or Dremel; has to pass a higher bar. If Dremel produced and sold a power tool named "the Google", then there might be grounds.
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Re:Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small by aneth4 on Friday August 17, 2012 @07:48AM (#4395899)
It's an internal name not used in commerce so it is not subject to the same liability. Not an expert beyond that, but you can nickname your sister Kleenex without violating a trademark.
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Re:Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small by maxerickson on Friday August 17, 2012 @08:13AM (#4395960)
Wikipedia says that Dremel is named after the founder of the company.
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Re:Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small by nodata on Friday August 17, 2012 @06:59AM (#4395782)
Like Coca-Cola.
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