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Offline Cymric

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Re: Ruling Puts Microsoft's 'Windows' Tradema
« on: February 13, 2004, 10:37:29 PM »
While I applaud any court ruling in which Microsoft is the loser, I find myself wondering about the consequences of this case. Here in Holland we have a brand 'Palmolive' which manufactures soap, shaving cream, body lotions and the like. Would such a name also be considered generic, even though the pronounciation is 'wrong'? (Correct is palm'-olive, the brand calls itself palm-oh-lee'-vuh.) Here's another example: I use a computer program called 'Fluent', made by Fluent, Inc., to solve fluid flow problems. Fluent is trademarked, but is also a generic word in the English language. Would this be considered generic as well? How about the infamous 'Red Hat' distribution?

Does someone have an idea about this?
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