Re: There he goes again

On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:40:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On 14 Jul 2024 04:28:16 GMT, rbowman wrote:
 

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.

 
I think most of those are gone.

https://qz.com/when-it-comes-to-work-apps-minimizing-your-toolkit-
can-1851581816

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/journey-trademark-xerox-from-becoming-
victim-victor-gaurav-singhal/

https://secureyourtrademark.com/blog/common-word-trademarks-band-aid/

J&J lost in the WIPO court but only because Baskin wasn't trying to sell
adhesive bandages. 


https://www.4allpromos.com/blog/22-brand-names-youve-been-using-
generically-probably

Do you ever google something using DuckDuckGo?  Unless a Chinese company
starts selling Kreenex Kimberly-clark grins and bears it. Think I'm
kidding?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chery