Sujet : Re: There he goes again
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 14. Jul 2024, 06:28:16
Autres entêtes
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:39:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On 13 Jul 2024 18:36:51 GMT, rbowman wrote:
A USB flash drive, aka memory stick, aka thumb drive?
Sony has, or had, a trademark on the term “Memory Stick”. Which kind of
discouraged its use for USB sticks in general.
Yeah, well, Xerox, Kleenex, and Band-Aid are trademarked too afaik.
Johnson & Johnson can defend the trademark all they want but are you going
to Walgreens for a box of adhesive bandages?