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Re:Microsoft applies for trademark on 'Mod' by sampk on Saturday December 28, 2013 @06:33PM (#6977154)
Huh? It wasn't a common computing term at all.
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Re:Microsoft applies for trademark on 'Mod' by brownbat on Saturday December 28, 2013 @09:10PM (#6977861)
Incidentally, it was a recording label before they essentially entered the music business:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6975459

Apple Computers won the litigation, but I'm not entirely sure why. The Beatles kept their albums off of iTunes for years because of it.

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