GNOME gets GroupedOn
GNOME gets GroupedOn
Posted Nov 12, 2014 8:51 UTC (Wed) by ehiggs (subscriber, #90713)In reply to: GNOME gets GroupedOn by mcatanzaro
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A lot of trademarks are used as generic terms and if the owner of the trademark tried to sue people for their use they would almost certainly lose the case and their trademark in the process (though, IANAL). e.g. Band-aid, Photoshop, Bubblewrap, Cashpoint (UK), Dumpster, Frisbee, Ping Pong, Onesie, Realtor, Tannoy (UK), Tarmac (UK), Velcro.
A lot of this list was found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_generici...
Posted Nov 12, 2014 9:36 UTC (Wed)
by halla (subscriber, #14185)
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GNOME gets GroupedOn
Speaking from experience, naming an image manipulation application "KImageShop" will definitely get one into trouble, at least in Germany, at least that was the case ten years ago.