I've been fortunate in that I haven't had to wear a uniform for a job since highschool, where having a work-provided shirt that I didn't care wound up smelling like gas fumes was good.
Don't you wear a lot of red? CRYPTO COMMIE!
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I've been fortunate in that I haven't had to wear a uniform for a job since highschool, where having a work-provided shirt that I didn't care wound up smelling like gas fumes was good.
Don't you wear a lot of red? CRYPTO COMMIE!
I think we've all established there's nothing secret about my politics.
I've been fortunate in that I haven't had to wear a uniform for a job since highschool, where having a work-provided shirt that I didn't care wound up smelling like gas fumes was good.
Don't you wear a lot of red? CRYPTO COMMIE!
I think we've all established there's nothing secret about my politics.
Look I'm knew to this crypto stuff other than my politics which is totally hip with the crypto fellow kids.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I mean I agree but they said "Its like the choose your own adventure books" in the show.... so...
Yeah its one thing when you have it like that anyway, but when you call out the books specifically you kind of make your own bed there? Like saying xerox instead of photo copy.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I mean I agree but they said "Its like the choose your own adventure books" in the show.... so...
Yeah but can you get sued for saying "it sticks like velcro"?
I can't recall if velcro is one of those trade marks that have become too commonly used which can invalidate them, I don't think choose your own adventure is one of those though, it specifically calls attention to that brand of book.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I mean I agree but they said "Its like the choose your own adventure books" in the show.... so...
Yeah but can you get sued for saying "it sticks like velcro"?
I can't recall if velcro is one of those trade marks that have become too commonly used which can invalidate them, I don't think choose your own adventure is one of those though, it specifically calls attention to that brand of book.
I mean I agree but they said "Its like the choose your own adventure books" in the show.... so...
Yeah but can you get sued for saying "it sticks like velcro"?
I can't recall if velcro is one of those trade marks that have become too commonly used which can invalidate them, I don't think choose your own adventure is one of those though, it specifically calls attention to that brand of book.
Genericide is cool
Is that what its called when a brand is used too much to protect the trademark? Like wasn't aspirin originally like a bayer trademark?
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Oh, they used an actual trademark? That's a different thing.
Patents are still stupid.
I know someone who had their ideas / molds stolen for how to manufacture something. It really sucked.
I think we overdo it a bit here. But I don't think the idea of patents at their base level are much worse than any other way of dealing with intellectual property.
It hasn't gotten into the strange category of things like Band-Aid and Google that is now so common that it's the default?
If companies still successfully defend their trademarks they aren't dead yet, I think those two companies are still able to argue they aren't dead yet in popular usage (maybe not bandaid)
Hardest part about growing out my beard/mustache is being driven insane by the hairs getting into my mouth from the mustache. Well that and anytime I eat soup I have to wash my face.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
It hasn't gotten into the strange category of things like Band-Aid and Google that is now so common that it's the default?
If companies still successfully defend their trademarks they aren't dead yet, I think those two companies are still able to argue they aren't dead yet in popular usage (maybe not bandaid)
Examples of trademarks that suffered genericide:
Refrigerator
Thermos
Jetski
Dumpster
So, whenever I hear someone say "Let me google that" on TV, they paid to use that?
It's more that there is no competition that google is being confused for, by using it in that colloquialism you're still not deluding the brand because you are almost certainly specifically using google.
I mean, they should have sought permission before using it. There are whole teams of people who hunt this stuff down on the behalf of TV shows to see if they have permission to use TV clips or products or songs and how much you have to pay to use that stuff. It's a cost of making any TV show or movie, built into it. They slipped up. Considering the music used throughout "Bandersnatch", it was probably a mistake on the part of their production team rather than an intentional misuse of copyright/trademark.
It hasn't gotten into the strange category of things like Band-Aid and Google that is now so common that it's the default?
If companies still successfully defend their trademarks they aren't dead yet, I think those two companies are still able to argue they aren't dead yet in popular usage (maybe not bandaid)
Examples of trademarks that suffered genericide:
Refrigerator
Thermos
Jetski
Dumpster
So, whenever I hear someone say "Let me google that" on TV, they paid to use that?
Google is probably not dumb enough to sue over something like that unless the context was maybe sufficiently awful
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I think we've all established there's nothing secret about my politics.
It's the damn chupacabra postin' on the internet again!
Look I'm knew to this crypto stuff other than my politics which is totally hip with the crypto fellow kids.
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So that's why I get so thirsty when I see a goat
I spent all this time thinking I was a furry
Sounds like they chose their own adventure
Patents are stupid.
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I mean I agree but they said "Its like the choose your own adventure books" in the show.... so...
Yeah its one thing when you have it like that anyway, but when you call out the books specifically you kind of make your own bed there? Like saying xerox instead of photo copy.
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Yeah but can you get sued for saying "it sticks like velcro"?
Who owns those you and your cat?
I can't recall if velcro is one of those trade marks that have become too commonly used which can invalidate them, I don't think choose your own adventure is one of those though, it specifically calls attention to that brand of book.
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Well they're not in trouble yet. Suing is the easy part.
Patents are still stupid.
Albert Einstein did his best work as a patent clerk!
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lol this lead down a strange rabbit hole....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRi8LptvFZY
Genericide is cool
Is that what its called when a brand is used too much to protect the trademark? Like wasn't aspirin originally like a bayer trademark?
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Only applies in the South
yeah sorry Soda or Soda Pop for this boy
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I know someone who had their ideas / molds stolen for how to manufacture something. It really sucked.
I think we overdo it a bit here. But I don't think the idea of patents at their base level are much worse than any other way of dealing with intellectual property.
Google is monopoly that's different.
Coke can still argue cola is a valid and widely (enough) used alternative.
If companies still successfully defend their trademarks they aren't dead yet, I think those two companies are still able to argue they aren't dead yet in popular usage (maybe not bandaid)
Examples of trademarks that suffered genericide:
Refrigerator
Thermos
Jetski
Dumpster
Bing- verb; to look for porn of something
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It's more that there is no competition that google is being confused for, by using it in that colloquialism you're still not deluding the brand because you are almost certainly specifically using google.
Google is probably not dumb enough to sue over something like that unless the context was maybe sufficiently awful