Nonreality;456848 Wrote: > Just curious but knowing Apple, why haven't they sued yet about the > name?
I'm not a lawyer, but I believe it is not possible to reserve the use of a word that is either in common use for that purpose and/or useful to describe a product, because that would be unfair to others. Manufactured words are usually okay. So, Apple could reserve "iphone", Lenovo could restrict "ThinkPad", but I believe an exclusive use of words like "laptop" or "laser printer" would not be permitted. "Touch" strikes me a word that would be viewed in the "useful for everyone" category. If there are any lawyers in the audience, please chime in. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67399 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
