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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell So when people called making a copy (any copy) a Xerox, their trade mark could be taken away because of common usage? Yes. I forget the exact wording, but if a large enough portion of the population uses a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox I guess any other examples I could give of relatively generic store names appearing to pass muster as trademarks could be dismissed because they haven't been litigated, but that seems tortured. Perhaps they …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Because an individual's post facto use (even if that individual is Steve Jobs) doesn't establish whether or not a term was generic before being used as a trade name. Amazon would have to establish that "App St…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox OK, fine, forget Kleenex-- try "The Container Store" which is a business entity with many retail outlets who's name if forged from commonly used nouns already in use to describe that very thing, a store that se…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 When it describes software installed on phones and computers i.e. App Store on iPhones, iPads, iPods and Macs. That's why it would be called Apple's App Store, vs Amazon App Store, because it's installed on A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RKRick I might be off base here but both book and store are definitely generic words and book store is a generic term. App is not a word, at least in any dictionary I have, but an abbreviation for a word. So if it was …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sessamoid Generic words can be trademarked for specific uses. If someone here can cite proof that the term "App Store" was in wide generic use for an online marketplace where one can purchase computer and mobile device…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Eggleston I think this summarizes it perfectly. Just because it is widely used, doesn't mean it isn't theirs. I honestly think that Apple will win this one. Not entirely true tho. Kleenex was a completely rand…