Comments on: Not ‘Photoshopped’

By: JWindish

JWindish — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:31:22 +0000

Thanx. The choice of photoshop contest was a nod both to my southern home and the fact that my first car was, in fact, a 1967 Ford Galaxy convertible. Mine was blue. No confederate flag. And I wrecked it!

By: archangel

archangel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:54:12 +0000

ps. loved the pix, Joe

By: archangel

archangel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:52:46 +0000

you are insightful ElZagna. Most dont seem to realize that 'defending,' that is, challenging others who use the tradename or variants, is part of how the law is set up to keep one's trademark active. The trademark cannot be held onto if there is no fixed entity to which it is attached, or if a holder allows others to impinge on it. This is the hidden part of a lot of stories we hear, that you note ElZ, that some corps hate going after some little guy, would rather not... but the trademark law requires such.

Tm and © etc, need to be revised for modern times in ways that protect the work product of others, but allow leeway too.

dr.e

By: archangel

archangel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:48:51 +0000

that was truly funny Dr. J, I didnt know that. Hmm trademark lower case i. That strikes me as trying to trademark dirt.

hope that made you laugh

dr.e

By: archangel

archangel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:47:25 +0000

reminds me of the dust up years ago about trademarked name Kleenex, then Xerox, then Coke…. all companies wanted instead Facial Tissue, copy machine, soft drink. That was before viral concept; in this time, perhaps they'd have been deleriously happy people kept their brand name before the public at every turn, mis-calling facial tissues Kleenex, et al. Funny how times change and what was out could be seen as useful now. Takes a visionary, however.

By: ElZagna

ElZagna — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:59:39 +0000

If a company wants to protect their trademarks, they are obligated to make an effort to at least notify violators. Typically companies are happy to see their brand names become part of the lexicon. At the same time they don't want to lose their rights to the name, hence the token letters to publishers about trademark infringement.

By: JeffersonDavis

JeffersonDavis — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:11:24 +0000

I agree.

However, when I "googled" trademark use, I came up with all kinds of entries.
I was "photoshopping" my family photo.
They put a "bandaid" on it for me.

When a company name becomes a verb, like Google, or a noun, like bandaid, it usually means company success. They need to shut up and enjoy that success.

By: Dr J

Dr J — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:10:25 +0000

Well, they did make up the name. So it's not quite as bad as Intel trying to trademark the lower-case letter “i”. But once your product is so successful that it has become the dictionary definition of its category, it seems a little petty to complain.

By: Ron Beasley

Ron Beasley — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:49:43 +0000

The entire trademark issue is absurd. A mayoral candidate in my area is named Sam Adams. He took out and paid for the domain name samadams.com for his campaign and the company that makes Samuel Adams beer came after him. Now I can see Adobe going after someone who called a competing editing software Photoshop but this is simply absurd.

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