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0 pointsHobadee11mo ago0 comments

Verbing your nouns is a great way to lose your trademark.

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Are there any actual recent examples of this? The major examples I've always heard are solidly in the 20th century. It's not like Google has had any problem holding their trademark.

HobadeeOP11mo ago

Kleenex and Xerox were both (somewhat) recently in danger of loosing theirs. They both pulled pretty big campaigns to un-verb their trademarks. Google still has a bunch of other products that people are familiar with, so they are in less danger of loosing theirs right now, but give it some time (like 50 years, not 10) and it may happen, especially if they get broken up for being a monopoly. (Which has been mentioned)

Talanes11mo ago

I'm usually a big proponent of longer-term corporate thinking, but deciding your name around problems you might have five decades after becoming a household name is a little much.

DiggyJohnson11mo ago

When they came up with it that would be a best case scenario.

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Talanes11mo ago

Are there any actual recent examples of this? The major examples I've always heard are solidly in the 20th century. It's not like Google has had any problem holding their trademark.

HobadeeOP11mo ago

Talanes11mo ago

I'm usually a big proponent of longer-term corporate thinking, but deciding your name around problems you might have five decades after becoming a household name is a little much.

DiggyJohnson11mo ago

When they came up with it that would be a best case scenario.

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