xxx is a trademark of yyy - (nf)

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fortune!norskog    Jun 24 20:29:00 1983

No, it does not have to do being an adjective or a noun, 
it has to do with the accepted meaning of the word.
The less meaningful a word is, the more defendable it
will be as a trade mark.

Thus, UNIX, meaning nothing, is very defendable.
On the other hand, Coke, XEROX, Kleenex, etc.
have come to mean very specific things, and the owners
and defenders of these trademarks do not sleep easily at night.

My source is the wonderful book, "Legal Protection for Your software"
by Daniel Remer.


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