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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito" data-source="post: 816657" data-attributes="member: 72439"><p>Wow.</p><p></p><p>And since they've made big bucks BY ALLOWING ADS, you probably don't want to tangle with them legally. </p><p></p><p>Even if not today, I think they'd eventually lose in court with the term "Adblock" assuming it continues to be a general descriptor of that type of product. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand...</p><p></p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><em>Here's a list of terms that have been registered as trademarks and are actively enforced by their <strong>trademark</strong> owners.</em></strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Band-Aid. <strong>Trademark</strong> owner: Johnson & Johnson. ...</em><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Bubble wrap. <strong>Trademark</strong> owner: Sealed Air Corporation. ...</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Chapstick. <strong>Trademark</strong> owner: Wyeth Consumer Healthcare. ...</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Dumpster. ...</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Fiberglass. ...</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Frisbee. ...</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Google. ...</em></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hula hoop.</li> </ul><p><a href="https://digitalsynopsis.com/advertising/generic-trademark-product-brand-names/" target="_blank">More items...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burrito, post: 816657, member: 72439"] Wow. And since they've made big bucks BY ALLOWING ADS, you probably don't want to tangle with them legally. Even if not today, I think they'd eventually lose in court with the term "Adblock" assuming it continues to be a general descriptor of that type of product. On the other hand... [INDENT][B][I]Here's a list of terms that have been registered as trademarks and are actively enforced by their [B]trademark[/B] owners.[/I][/B][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][I]Band-Aid. [B]Trademark[/B] owner: Johnson & Johnson. ...[/I] [LIST] [*][I]Bubble wrap. [B]Trademark[/B] owner: Sealed Air Corporation. ...[/I] [*][I]Chapstick. [B]Trademark[/B] owner: Wyeth Consumer Healthcare. ...[/I] [*][I]Dumpster. ...[/I] [*][I]Fiberglass. ...[/I] [*][I]Frisbee. ...[/I] [*][I]Google. ...[/I] [/LIST] [*]Hula hoop. [/LIST] [URL='https://digitalsynopsis.com/advertising/generic-trademark-product-brand-names/']More items...[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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