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Re:William Gibson and the Trademarking of Cyberspace by socalgal2 on Monday October 19, 2026 @03:10AM (#50149293)
I'm pretty sure the words "Apple", "Target", "Gap", "Camel", "Jaguar", "Shell" and many others are also trademarked. Some of them the world over. It doesn't stop you from using the word except in the same genre of business
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Re:William Gibson and the Trademarking of Cyberspace by cubefox on Monday October 19, 2026 @04:15AM (#50149719)
Those don't apply to instances of themselves. It's like if you breed a new apple cultivar, name it "Apple", and then register a trademark, to be the only one to name their apple variety "Apple".
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