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Subject:[Fwd: Re: Trademarks as modifiers, not nouns] From:Gwen Barnes <gwen -dot- barnes -at- MUSTANG -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:29:40 GMT
-> > The issue has come up in real life with trademarks like Kleenex,
-> > Thermos, and Zipper.
->
-> Don't forget Xerox, Velcro, Aspirin (and a wide range of other drugs
-> and their generic counterparts)... wasn't "P.C." originally an IBM
-> trademark?
-> There's an amusing text file floating around about Microsoft plans to
-> copyright the name "BOB" :-)
Don't laugh too hard. I have it on reasonably good authority (a legal
librarian with time on her hands) that a certain California church has
trademarked the words "FREEDOM" and "REALITY". Email me privately if
you're interested in the details ...
Cheers, @DISCLAIMER@
Gwen gwen -dot- barnes -at- mustang -dot- com
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