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02/05/2004 10:34:45 AM · #1 |
Wow, I haven't been around for a couple of months, and I'm now totally intimidated by the standard DPC has reached!
Anyway, I thought you would all like to know the CORRECT usage of the Adobe Photoshop trademark. Are these guys serious?!
//www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#photoshop |
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02/05/2004 10:36:01 AM · #2 |
I know you haven't been around for a few months, but we did cover this last month :)
Its pretty standard - TiVo have similar guidelines - never verb us!
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02/05/2004 10:37:49 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
I know you haven't been around for a few months, but we did cover this last month :)
Its pretty standard - TiVo have similar guidelines - never verb us! |
Oops, sorry guys! |
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02/05/2004 10:40:55 AM · #4 |
| Didn't see it the first time around. From a linguistic point of view, I think I'd view a good proportion of that doc as junk, myself.. |
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02/05/2004 10:45:57 AM · #5 |
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02/05/2004 11:35:46 AM · #6 |
Personally I think it would be a goal for a software company to have their brand verb'ed. I mean, how many people say "I just Corel Draw'ed the photo a little."?
The most popular brands are verbs...
I just xeroxed a copy of that. (I photo copied it)
Just fedex the package to me (overnight the package)
Can you supersize that? (I say this at all drivethroughs, and the occasional topless bar :D)
Let's grab some starbucks on the way. (overpriced coffee)
A personal ambition of mine is for DPChallenge psoters to one day say, "yeah I posted a a thread and it was bamaster'ed." (meaning it became very handsome)
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02/05/2004 02:41:59 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by bamaster:
Personally I think it would be a goal for a software company to have their brand verb'ed. I mean, how many people say "I just Corel Draw'ed the photo a little."? |
Some don't have to work as hard at it as others ...
"I just forded the river in my new Bronco." |
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02/08/2004 09:50:23 AM · #8 |
| I use Tivo as a verb all the time, as well as Google. :) |
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02/08/2004 10:03:11 AM · #9 |
| That's good to know. From now on whenever I get a comment like "looks too PS'ed", I will disreguard it. I will only acknowledge comments like "The image appears as though you have applied too much Adobe® Photoshop® software" :) |
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02/08/2004 03:57:28 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by bamaster:
Personally I think it would be a goal for a software company to have their brand verb'ed. I mean, how many people say "I just Corel Draw'ed the photo a little."?
The most popular brands are verbs...
I just xeroxed a copy of that. (I photo copied it)
Just fedex the package to me (overnight the package)
Can you supersize that? (I say this at all drivethroughs, and the occasional topless bar :D)
Let's grab some starbucks on the way. (overpriced coffee)
A personal ambition of mine is for DPChallenge psoters to one day say, "yeah I posted a a thread and it was bamaster'ed." (meaning it became very handsome) |
HAving your brand verbed in everyday life is horrible. Then anybody can use your name legally, since it's no longer trade markable. Company's spend lots protecting there intellectual assets to prevent this. ;D |
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02/08/2004 06:12:42 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by MeThoS:
Originally posted by bamaster:
Personally I think it would be a goal for a software company to have their brand verb'ed. I mean, how many people say "I just Corel Draw'ed the photo a little."?
The most popular brands are verbs...
I just xeroxed a copy of that. (I photo copied it)
Just fedex the package to me (overnight the package)
Can you supersize that? (I say this at all drivethroughs, and the occasional topless bar :D)
Let's grab some starbucks on the way. (overpriced coffee)
A personal ambition of mine is for DPChallenge psoters to one day say, "yeah I posted a a thread and it was bamaster'ed." (meaning it became very handsome) |
HAving your brand verbed in everyday life is horrible. Then anybody can use your name legally, since it's no longer trade markable. Company's spend lots protecting there intellectual assets to prevent this. ;D |
It can be taken either way really. There is an "intellectual" side to it and that I do understand. But as far as everyday usage goes, using it as verb should be a goal because it quickly becomes advertising as well. Think of how many people know about Photoshop now because it was used as a verb. The intellectual aspect is a concern, but not to the point to where we can't use it as a verb in everyday lingo. Just my two cents worth.
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02/08/2004 07:37:39 PM · #12 |
| Every company wants its brands to become well known, but not so much that it becomes generic. Kimberly-Clark doesn't want people choosing what brand of Kleenex to use; they want you to choose Kleenex tissues. And Adobe doesn't want you using Paint Shop Pro to "photoshop" your images. If a term becomes too generic, it loses its value (and possibly its legal standing) as a trademark. Some examples of lost trademarks are asprin, nylon, escalator, thermos, and zipper. |
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02/08/2004 07:45:15 PM · #13 |
photoshop! that's so photoshopping crazy! what's up with this crazy adobe PS bs? I mean, I'm gonna keep photoshopping my photoshops, and photoshop can't do any photoshop about that.
I hope they don't expect all their users to become as anal as that.
Btw, I used Corel Photo-Paint. |
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