"app store" never would have been a valid trademark. They didn't "lose" it.

Jul 28, 2015
5:12:37pm

BertoChavez

"Apps" have been around forever. Long before the iPhone.

I won an "app development contest" 7 or 8 years before the iPhone was announced.

That'd be like getting a trademark on "Computer Store"

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Southwire Company, LLC has asked me to clarify kalifi's use of the term "Romex".

El Jefe

7/28/15 4:25pm

Sounds like a fishing expedition.

Hank Rearden

7/28/15 4:27pm

I might enjoy watching the grass grow more than reading that letter. Who cares?

Kerbouchard

7/28/15 4:28pm

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Mall Santa

7/28/15 4:28pm

Dear Romex, see Xerox.

scall

7/28/15 4:31pm

Hey MallSanta, remember that time when you used Romex® to keep ground squirrels

flavordave

7/28/15 4:36pm

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Mall Santa

7/28/15 4:55pm

Challenge accepted!

flavordave

7/28/15 5:01pm

Or non-metal midgets?

Freddie Cougar

7/29/15 11:26am

Tee-hee-hee.

libertycoug

7/29/15 11:57am

Welp...looks like it's now my life goal to genericize the Romex trademark.

benny1982

7/28/15 4:29pm

Dear Keely "L" Herrick,

BluePete

7/28/15 4:31pm

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Mall Santa

7/28/15 4:34pm

Hey, wait a second!

BluePete

7/28/15 4:39pm

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Mall Santa

7/28/15 4:49pm

I'm so bored now.

cougfanblue

7/28/15 4:31pm

who the freak has that much time...to sift through the vast expanse of the

nashty

7/28/15 4:32pm

You know...SUITS

Heinz57

7/28/15 4:33pm

I'm guessing they have a bot that scours the internet for uses of their TMs.

benny1982

7/28/15 4:33pm

Probably trying to keep their trademark from becoming "generic."

AndyDwyer

7/28/15 4:35pm

RE: Probably trying to keep their trademark from becoming "generic."

benny1982

7/28/15 4:37pm

Like "google" something?

flavordave

7/28/15 4:37pm

Thermos is the big one. Kleenex is another one. And being a hack is another one

AndyDwyer

7/28/15 4:56pm

I love that they sent it by overnight courier.

El Jefe

7/28/15 4:38pm

Email would have taken way too much time.

benny1982

7/28/15 4:39pm

Are you sure they used an overnight courier or did they FEDEX it?

kalifi

7/28/15 8:10pm

Actually, I'm not sure.

El Jefe

7/29/15 12:25am

I see what you did there

NorthernLight

7/29/15 1:00am

Kind of like Dicky G?

flavordave

7/28/15 4:36pm

The letter is silly, but honestly it's not their fault. The law requires that

cheezedawg

7/28/15 4:35pm

I feel so much more educated now. Thanks, Romex (r)!

cheezedawg

7/28/15 4:34pm

What is that, like an eyepatch for pirates or something?

benny1982

7/28/15 4:35pm

RE: What is that, like an eyepatch for pirates or something?

cheezedawg

7/28/15 4:42pm

I must be in a mood, that hit my funny bone.

libertycoug

7/29/15 12:00pm

So why exactly are they upset that someone would use their brand name synonymous

John Doe

7/28/15 4:48pm

Because trademark law says that you cant have a trademark on a generalized term

cougarfann888

7/28/15 5:08pm

"app store" never would have been a valid trademark. They didn't "lose" it.

BertoChavez

7/28/15 5:12pm

(I agree with your overall point, by the way... just pointing out the one

BertoChavez

7/28/15 5:16pm

I should say, rather, that I mostly agree with your overall point.

BertoChavez

7/28/15 5:20pm

I don't think it is as clear cut as you indicate

cougarfann888

7/28/15 5:25pm

They almost certainly could have trademarked "app warehouse"

BertoChavez

7/28/15 5:35pm

What about the container store?

cougarfann888

7/28/15 8:01pm

Descriptive trademarks can be registered. Generic ones cannot.

Shimmy

7/28/15 5:47pm

That is super stupid. Why would they not want their brand name to be the same as

SuperTank

7/28/15 4:52pm

The problem is that if they lose their trademark, other companies can use it.

El Jefe

7/28/15 4:53pm

yeah, until it becomes generic enough that your competitors can start calling

cheezedawg

7/28/15 4:54pm

Because if you lose your mark from failing to protect it, then anybody can use

scall

7/28/15 4:54pm

Genericide. Thermos(r) doesn't want other people calling their products a

Shimmy

7/28/15 4:55pm

Not only am I a blowhard, I'm the slowest blowhard.

Shimmy

7/28/15 4:56pm

I'm the 3rd slowest blowhard

cheezedawg

7/28/15 5:02pm

I don't think you are using that properly. Are you referring to the

Coach's Dad

7/28/15 5:05pm

"As you are most likely aware?"

QuickCoug

7/28/15 5:02pm

No kidding. They should have said "You may not be aware of this, but"

John Doe

7/28/15 5:05pm

Okay, which one of you posting in this is thread...

readybreak

7/28/15 5:43pm

hahahhaa. amazing

riboflavin

7/28/15 5:46pm

Hate to break it to them, but before today I thought Romex was a type of wire,

Taullis

7/29/15 12:36am

Wow. I hate lawyers.

annapcoug

7/29/15 4:14am

I thought he was talking about contract bridge

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