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04/25/2007 07:54:57 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by lesgainous:
I'm not a patent lawyer, but if a product's name becomes so mainstream and used as a verb or as a common noun, the patent can be lost. I think the term "aspirin" used to be a proper noun (name of some company's product). It has caught on so much that the company lost patent. |
You're probably thinking of "trademark" not patent. Aspirin was a trademark in the US until it was lost due to the owner not protecting it. I think it still is a trademark in some other countries. I think Xerox is still trademarked, but is commonly used to mean "photocopy".
The companies that trademark a name usually invest a lot in advertising and marketing. If other companies can use the term they will get the benefit of that advertising and also (in theory) weaken the reputation of the original product if the other product is faulty or doesn't have all the features of the original. |
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04/25/2007 08:55:56 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by hankk:
Aspirin was a trademark in the US until it was lost due to the owner not protecting it. I think it still is a trademark in some other countries. |
Trademark protection for aspirin was taken away from Bayer Corporation as part of the reparations/consequences for Germany after WW I. |
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04/25/2007 10:00:25 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by hankk:
Aspirin was a trademark in the US until it was lost due to the owner not protecting it. I think it still is a trademark in some other countries. |
Trademark protection for aspirin was taken away from Bayer Corporation as part of the reparations/consequences for Germany after WW I. |
That's called not protecting it by supporting the wrong side.
Perhaps 'photochoppin'" would be a more appropriate term to use.
Message edited by author 2007-04-25 10:01:19. |
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04/25/2007 10:18:19 AM · #29 |
And if "Photoshiping" is not bad enough I constantly have people coming up to me saying that there is something wrong with their Adobe... and when I ask "Adobe what?" it is usualy followed by a dazed and confused look by the user.
Drives me out of my mind :/
/rant_off
-dave
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04/25/2007 10:23:32 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by dknourek:
... I constantly have people coming up to me saying that there is something wrong with their Adobe... |
Well that's the last straw! Why must people constantly muddy the waters -- they must be thick as a brick. What blockheads ... (puns intended) |
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04/25/2007 10:43:01 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by dknourek:
... I constantly have people coming up to me saying that there is something wrong with their Adobe... |
Well that's the last straw! Why must people constantly muddy the waters -- they must be thick as a brick. What blockheads ... (puns intended) |
Then there my all time favorite, " I can't get online I think the Internet is down."
OMG, /rolls_eyes
:P
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04/25/2007 11:43:30 AM · #32 |
Luckily for Adobe, I'm too lazy to Photoshop any photos. I just PS them.
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04/25/2007 12:10:04 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
I'll Saran Wrap that uneaten Jell-O after I use this Kleenex. |
Forget the "Photoshop" debate. I want to hear more from Rebecca.
;-) |
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04/25/2007 12:14:13 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by Rebecca:
I'll Saran Wrap that uneaten Jell-O after I use this Kleenex. |
Forget the "Photoshop" debate. I want to hear more from Rebecca.
;-) |
I want photos
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04/25/2007 12:38:50 PM · #35 |
| Now, guys. Settle down. Rebecca didn't say, "I'll Saran Wrap myself with that uneaten Jell-O"... |
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04/25/2007 12:40:08 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by _eug:
Now, guys. Settle down. Rebecca didn't say, "I'll Saran Wrap myself with that uneaten Jell-O"... |
You guys paypal me a $100 and I will do it...
:-P
Message edited by author 2007-04-25 12:41:13. |
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04/25/2007 12:40:32 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by hankk:
Aspirin was a trademark in the US until it was lost due to the owner not protecting it. I think it still is a trademark in some other countries. |
Trademark protection for aspirin was taken away from Bayer Corporation as part of the reparations/consequences for Germany after WW I. |
Okay, so you guys in the States are allowed to call it aspirin, we Canucks (and those in 80+ other countries) still must call it ASA or risk the wrath of Corporatezilla :) |
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04/25/2007 12:45:41 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Originally posted by _eug:
Now, guys. Settle down. Rebecca didn't say, "I'll Saran Wrap myself with that uneaten Jell-O"... |
You guys paypal me a $100 and I will do it...
:-P |
You're gonna wrap Rebecca in Saran Wrap with uneaten Jell-O?
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04/25/2007 12:46:15 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Originally posted by _eug:
Now, guys. Settle down. Rebecca didn't say, "I'll Saran Wrap myself with that uneaten Jell-O"... |
You guys paypal me a $100 and I will do it... |
Um, no. Unless you're behind the camera and the fiancee is Saran Wrapped...
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Okay, so you guys in the States are allowed to call it aspirin, we Canucks (and those in 80+ other countries) still must call it ASA or risk the wrath of Corporatezilla :) |
And do you guys have to say Jelly instead of Jell-O? |
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04/25/2007 12:48:05 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Originally posted by _eug:
Now, guys. Settle down. Rebecca didn't say, "I'll Saran Wrap myself with that uneaten Jell-O"... |
You guys paypal me a $100 and I will do it...
:-P |
You're gonna wrap Rebecca in Saran Wrap with uneaten Jell-O? |
Well I guess I could do that too. :-P
And _eug: I so wish she would go for somthing like that! |
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04/25/2007 12:49:33 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by _eug:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Okay, so you guys in the States are allowed to call it aspirin, we Canucks (and those in 80+ other countries) still must call it ASA or risk the wrath of Corporatezilla :) |
And do you guys have to say Jelly instead of Jell-O? |
That's gelatin not Jelly :-P
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04/25/2007 12:51:52 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by _eug:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Okay, so you guys in the States are allowed to call it aspirin, we Canucks (and those in 80+ other countries) still must call it ASA or risk the wrath of Corporatezilla :) |
And do you guys have to say Jelly instead of Jell-O? |
That's gelatin not Jelly :-P |
Tomayto Tomahto
Let's call the whole thing off. |
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04/25/2007 08:41:27 PM · #43 |
Oh my! I'm flattered - I think - but that sounds really sticky, and not in the good way. ;-)
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04/25/2007 09:59:15 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
Oh my! I'm flattered - I think - but that sounds really sticky, and not in the good way. ;-) |
We know that it gets boring in those cold Colorado winters and that you've already done the Saran Wrap and Jell-O thing. We're just waiting for you to share the Self-Portraits with us. We know you have them... |
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04/25/2007 10:04:39 PM · #45 |
Lol, it must be spring fever... sooo many of the threads in the past couple days have been dragged so far from the original topic that there's no way to even navigate the maze back to it!
(but the silliness is sure a nice change :D ) |
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04/25/2007 10:12:33 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Lol, it must be spring fever... sooo many of the threads in the past couple days have been dragged so far from the original topic that there's no way to even navigate the maze back to it!
(but the silliness is sure a nice change :D ) |
Where is your commission check?
Oops wrong thread. |
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04/25/2007 10:14:37 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Lol, it must be spring fever... sooo many of the threads in the past couple days have been dragged so far from the original topic that there's no way to even navigate the maze back to it!
(but the silliness is sure a nice change :D ) |
Nice to see things getting back to normal
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04/25/2007 11:18:26 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by _eug:
Originally posted by Rebecca:
Oh my! I'm flattered - I think - but that sounds really sticky, and not in the good way. ;-) |
We know that it gets boring in those cold Colorado winters and that you've already done the Saran Wrap and Jell-O thing. We're just waiting for you to share the Self-Portraits with us. We know you have them... |
We only tell outsiders that the Winters here are cold so that we can keep them to ourselves. People in Colorado have been known to golf on Christmas Eve. Compared to the Midwest, Colorado is downright tropical!
So swap Saran Wrap and Jell-O for a magazine and an apple and this is as close as I'll likely ever get.
Message edited by author 2007-04-25 23:18:46.
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04/25/2007 11:23:17 PM · #49 |
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04/25/2007 11:52:10 PM · #50 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
...We only tell outsiders that the Winters here are cold so that we can keep them to ourselves. People in Colorado have been known to golf on Christmas Eve. Compared to the Midwest, Colorado is downright tropical!... |
she's lying everyone! Pay no attention to the little lady! Colorado is cold, it's so cold you have to chip your dog from hydrants in the winter! Go there and suffer a slow and cold death by frost bite!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Great now everyone knows...you've ruined it! As a native Coloradoian I must now remove your "evergreen" card and drive you to the Arizona border where you will be left for dead or you get to move to Pueblo...your choice ;)
Message edited by author 2007-04-25 23:53:02. |
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