Did Xerox or Kleenex use their Trademark? Recently I have started to "copy"things and ask for a tissue, but most of my youth they were a verb and a common noun, though I don't know if the OED granted them dictionary status. Curious on the left edge. Trudy --
Trudy Levy Consultant for Digital Imaging Projects Image Integration 415 750 1274 http://www.DIG-Mar.com Membership Chair, Visual Resources Association http://vraweb.org Images are information - Manage them On 7/23/06 6:02 AM, "amalyah keshet" <akeshet at netvision.net.il> wrote: > <http://techdirt.com/articles/20060705/232200.shtml>http://techdirt.com/articl > es/20060705/232200.shtml > > > According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's now perfectly > legitimate to say you "Googled" something. From the standpoint of > Google, however, this could take them a step closer to losing the > trademark on their own name, as it starts to fall into more common > usage. Can Google sue the Oxford English Dictionary? > > > > > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > Tel +972-2-670-8874 > Fax +972-2-670-8064 > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
