Sex & Shenanigans

[JustAnotherFlower]

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It's akin to calling all sodas Coke..

 

[Qky75]

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To the people who say jello, band-aid, Kleenex, and ketchup

 

[SWR101]

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It's akin to calling all sodas Coke..

There’s a famous case where Thermos company blitzed their name so hard and fast it became the generic name for an insulated beverage container. They attempted to stop people doing that, even other companies were calling their insulated beverage containers “Thermos.”

The courts ruled that because Thermos Co had made their name so associated with the thing that they had not protected their trademark well enough and could not stop people doing that anymore, legally.

 

[JustAnotherFlower]

There’s a famous case where Thermos company blitzed their name so hard and fast it became the generic name for an insulated beverage container. They attempted to stop people doing that, even other companies were calling their insulated beverage containers “Thermos.”

The courts ruled that because Thermos Co had made their name so associated with the thing that they had not protected their trademark well enough and could not stop people doing that anymore, legally.

You just dropped some history on us... God, that's hot..

 

[morelikeasong]

 

[Qky75]

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My son pranks me with tons of those YouTube mashups. Look at this... math

 

[Bry1313]

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I was sending northern lights pics…..guilty

 

[Bry1313]

To the people who say jello, band-aid, Kleenex, and ketchup

Ketchup is a brand name?

 

[Qky75]

Ketchup is a brand name?

It was. I believe it is considered public domain now.

 

[morelikeasong]

I was sending northern lights pics…..guilty

Not to me you weren’t

I love all the pics I’m just jealous that I couldn’t see from my house

 

[Wand3rlust]

It was. I believe it is considered public domain now.

I don't think it was. If it was then it was co-opted by someone as the word dates back to China...

 

[Bry1313]

Not to me you weren’t

I love all the pics I’m just jealous that I couldn’t see from my house

I was also lazy about it and not using the annoying ways one has to do to send pics here. Forgive me?

 

[Bry1313]

I don't think it was. If it was then it was co-opted by someone as the word dates back to China...

That’s the story I thought.

 

[morelikeasong]

I was also lazy about it and not using the annoying ways one has to do to send pics here. Forgive me?

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[Wand3rlust]

That’s the story I thought.

I mean it could have been the Brits. We tend to take things and pretend they're ours ..

*ahem*

 

[Qky75]

I don't think it was. If it was then it was co-opted by someone as the word dates back to China...

The word is not branded but the SPELLING was by HJ Heinz. Let's fight

 

[Bry1313]

 

[lavendersilk]

 

[Bry1313]

I mean it could have been the Brits. We tend to take things and pretend they're ours ..

*ahem*

How is the British museum these days?

 

[Wand3rlust]

The word is not branded but the SPELLING was by HJ Heinz. Let's fight

Nah we stopped that with you lot a couple a hundred years ago. I think anyway. You lot keep banging on about it.

 

[Wand3rlust]

How is the British museum these days?

FULL.

Thanks for asking.

 

[Wand3rlust]

The word is not branded but the SPELLING was by HJ Heinz. Let's fight

And actually a little bit of research tells me ketchup was spelled that way by the English in 1732.

 

[morelikeasong]

I mean it could have been the Brits. We tend to take things and pretend they're ours ..

*ahem*

I am yours; you don’t have to pretend

 

[Qky75]

And actually a little bit of research tells me ketchup was spelled that way by the English in 1732.

Bang on you say...

 

[Wand3rlust]

Bang on you say...

Sorry- here, have some tea to chuck in the water.