G+_George Kozi Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Originally shared by George Kozi The US Patent and Trademark Office should itself take out a patent of the word "cretin" and only apply it to itself... exclusively.? http://www.tweaktown.com/news/34983/candy-crush-saga-developer-now-owns-the-word-candy-/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Wisniewski Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 This has to be a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Justin Phebey Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 When this type of thing happened with a Cafe in Baltimore the resulting lack of business from people voting with their feet I believe led to the owner reversing the decision. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_Hon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Not really, just poorly explained. After all, it is a headline >_< They (obviously) don't own the word in every sense, no more than Microsoft owns "Windows" or Apple owns "Apple". That's just not how patents/trademarks work! They only "own" it in "their trade"--point being that a competitor couldn't come around and call themselves "candy crack". But Nestle/Hershey isn't going to be forced to remove the word candy from their products. The general rule is does it "create confusion" by making people unsure whether the companies are related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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