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Trademarks (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Fun fact: aspirin and heroin were developed just a few days apart in the same lab.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 2 years ago

Those researchers were probably aspirin' to be heroin'

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

One hell of a week. Probably an even crazier weekend.

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

They made heroin to try and be a less addictive form of morphine.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

I thoight the trademarks were also claimed as reparations after World War I.

[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Okay but like, when I ask for a Sharpie I do not want to be handed just any piece of shit marker.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So what tips it over the edge into losing the trademark? Cause many of those things on the at risk list are completely generic in common parlance already.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I have no idea how it actually works, but I would guess a court ruling or something invalidating the trademark. I don't think the USPTO would just go around stripping trademarks for funsies, but if one got challenged in court that could very well lead to a judgement like "yeah, a popsicle is just so broadly understood as this class of thing you don't have ownership over that anymore"

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

At a guess? Someone trying to enforce it and failing. I don't think there's any hard cutoff, because it would be nigh impossible to measure; you'd just have to do a vibe check for a jury or trademark office.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 points 2 years ago

It's not meat

What the fuck did they mean by this? I need answers!

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TIL ping pong is actually called table tennis, I thought that was an entirely different sport

[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I view this as a checklist of brand names that require additional assistance in falling off of the trademark cliff and crashing down onto the rocks of common usage below.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why shouldn't we go back to heroin?

[–] ironsoap@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe because it's now fentanyl...

[–] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

BLOOD RED SYMPTOMATIC VOMIT ON MY BED

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Remember, take extra care not to forget capitalization and formatting, spelling Jell-O™ as jello, for instance, greatly increases the risk of genericization

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Let me google that lol