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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. That's a ridiculous lawsuit. "Spectacles" is a generic term, can't be trademarked

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 7, 2022, 06:04 AM

Jan 2022

It's not like "Windows", which was a metaphor, not a literal term. (However, windows was a software term used for a few years prior to Microsoft building on the research of Xerox PARC.)

It would be like somebody trying to trademark "Automobile" for a car brand. If you had, say, a walking exercise app, you could trademark that as AutoMobile because that would be a metaphor, not a literal term.

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Snap Files Lawsuit After Yearslong Effort to Trademark 'Spectacles' [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 OP

That's a ridiculous lawsuit. "Spectacles" is a generic term, can't be trademarked Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #1

"Spectacles" is a synonym for eyeglasses, used especially in Commonwealth countries. Eugene Jan 2022 #2

You don't need X-Ray Specs to see through this. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #3