
Was Xerox bothered when the name of its product became synonymous with photocopying?Did kleenex shed a tear when the term 'tissue' went out of vogue?Did Christmas care when we officially re-named it?Ok. Yes. Google needs to protect itself and its intellectual property. But this has encouraged copyright-happy Apple to follow suit, leading my mind to wander to places I'd nay visited before.Can Creative hit us with a copyright for the word zen? What about ask.com? Heck, I know there are others - and I'm just drawing me a blank right now. Can y'all think of any?
Oh, and by the way: Googdesk, anyone?
1 comment:
Yes, Xerox was bothered. In fact, they had a huge ad campaign with ad headlines that read, "Xerox is not a verb."
Yes, Kleenex was bothered because they lost sales if competing products became generically known as "kleenex" rather than "tissues."
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