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Re:Sprite: a different drone by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @03:36PM (#9572566)
> > Did they really trademark Sprite™?

> No, or they would have used the R symbol instead of the TM.

The circle-R is for a registered trademark. Something can be claimed as (and protected as) a trademark -- and thus, trademarked -- without also being a registered trademark.

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Re:Sprite: a different drone by Namrog84 on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @04:20PM (#9572855)
Precisely! Also When I first saw the post in hn. I immediately thought like a game graphic sprite. Not even the soda.
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