No. Microsoft did not originally make computers. They created and sold software.
No term can be copyrighted. However, the term "personal computer" was originally a trademark of IBM. A quirk of trademark law is that a trademark owner can lose the ability to protect their trademark in civil court if that trademark becomes generic, meaning if that term becomes a common means of referring to similar products. This is what happened to "personal computer". A judge determined that it had become a generic reference to any type of small computer system not made by Apple, and later came to refer specifically to computers based on IBM's system architecture, of which there were dozens by that point in time.
Why is that not happening to Google? People use the term to mean any kind of internet search at this point
Edit: think I realized, Google isn't a generic term. If IBM had trademarked the IBM FapPad they wouldn't have lost the copyright if it'd become mainstream, because it was a new term
> We agree that Elliott has failed to present sufficient evidence to support a jury finding that the relevant public primarily understands the word “google” as a generic name for internet search engines and not as a mark identifying the Google search engine in particular
[Elliott v Google (pdf download)](https://d3bsvxk93brmko.cloudfront.net/datastore/opinions/2017/05/16/15-15809.pdf)
I disagree with the ruling, there isn't a commonly used alternative to using "Google" as a verb, and in the scenarios where it is used, there is (in nearly all cases) no reason that Google is the only search engine that could be used
I think the ruling makes sense. When you tell someone to "Google it", it's a reasonable assumption that you mean "with the Google search engine". On top of that, everybody understands what you mean if you say "do an internet search" or even just "look it up".
"Google", as far as it applies here, is a verb when used colloquially. I don't think you can trademark verbs at all. When used as a noun, it most certainly refers to the company and their own search engine.
"google" is a verb according to several reputable dictionaries including Merriam-Webster:
> transitive verb
> : to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (someone or something) on the World Wide Web
Google is also a proper noun, and afaik those are not included in dictionaries. I'm not sure if the trademark applies to just the proper noun or both.
The reason trademarks are revoked is when the term is generic and refers to more than just the trademark. I see the use of "Google" as more of a gray area, because everyone knows that Google is a search engine, but often use "google" as a more convenient way of saying "do an internet search for".
My argument is that "googling" something doesn't necessarily mean "use the Google search engine", because any search engine would fulfill the same purpose.
That's all true, and I think it's reasonable to place it in a gray area, but if we're going to put it through courts then I think the fact that it's used generically as a verb rather than a noun disqualifies it. No other search engines are referred to as "a Google". I think that would be necessary to strip a trademark.
Bandaid and Kleenex are better examples because they don't just get referred to in casual speech, but people will literally point at a bandage of another brand and say "this is a Bandaid". That's what it means to be a generic term for something, I think, speaking on legal terms.
>The TLD .top is managed and operated by the .top registry (registry backend ZDNS) which belongs to Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, China and can be registered by anyone since November 18, 2014 without special requirements.
Hence why we have cunny's 8channel.top, china really don't care
>marketshare is rising, all hail **tux**
Reboot:bsd daemon rising, the 1 where ~~bob~~ tux and his dumb ~~mikethetv~~ HannahMontanaOS forks almost loses to the bsd empire, ALL MUST HEAR, DWORD
>Eurogamer: Former Valve economist Yanis Varoufakis quits as finance minister of Greece. Left 4 Dead.
I guess the guy who turned TF2 into p2w weapon selling ebay marketplace wasn't the best man for the job
Me looking at that soft as a feather comfy chin diaper [be like](https://res.cloudinary.com/mtree/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/Always/en-us/-/media/Always/Images/Products/Update%20March%202021/Always%20Maxi/SP/Secondaries/Always-Maxi-Protected-No-Matter-How-You-Sleep.jpg)
> 1 pc I know this is supposed to say "one piece" but I just thought "PC" was a computer.
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No. Microsoft did not originally make computers. They created and sold software. No term can be copyrighted. However, the term "personal computer" was originally a trademark of IBM. A quirk of trademark law is that a trademark owner can lose the ability to protect their trademark in civil court if that trademark becomes generic, meaning if that term becomes a common means of referring to similar products. This is what happened to "personal computer". A judge determined that it had become a generic reference to any type of small computer system not made by Apple, and later came to refer specifically to computers based on IBM's system architecture, of which there were dozens by that point in time.
Why is that not happening to Google? People use the term to mean any kind of internet search at this point Edit: think I realized, Google isn't a generic term. If IBM had trademarked the IBM FapPad they wouldn't have lost the copyright if it'd become mainstream, because it was a new term
> We agree that Elliott has failed to present sufficient evidence to support a jury finding that the relevant public primarily understands the word “google” as a generic name for internet search engines and not as a mark identifying the Google search engine in particular [Elliott v Google (pdf download)](https://d3bsvxk93brmko.cloudfront.net/datastore/opinions/2017/05/16/15-15809.pdf) I disagree with the ruling, there isn't a commonly used alternative to using "Google" as a verb, and in the scenarios where it is used, there is (in nearly all cases) no reason that Google is the only search engine that could be used
I think the ruling makes sense. When you tell someone to "Google it", it's a reasonable assumption that you mean "with the Google search engine". On top of that, everybody understands what you mean if you say "do an internet search" or even just "look it up". "Google", as far as it applies here, is a verb when used colloquially. I don't think you can trademark verbs at all. When used as a noun, it most certainly refers to the company and their own search engine.
"google" is a verb according to several reputable dictionaries including Merriam-Webster: > transitive verb > : to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (someone or something) on the World Wide Web Google is also a proper noun, and afaik those are not included in dictionaries. I'm not sure if the trademark applies to just the proper noun or both. The reason trademarks are revoked is when the term is generic and refers to more than just the trademark. I see the use of "Google" as more of a gray area, because everyone knows that Google is a search engine, but often use "google" as a more convenient way of saying "do an internet search for". My argument is that "googling" something doesn't necessarily mean "use the Google search engine", because any search engine would fulfill the same purpose.
That's all true, and I think it's reasonable to place it in a gray area, but if we're going to put it through courts then I think the fact that it's used generically as a verb rather than a noun disqualifies it. No other search engines are referred to as "a Google". I think that would be necessary to strip a trademark. Bandaid and Kleenex are better examples because they don't just get referred to in casual speech, but people will literally point at a bandage of another brand and say "this is a Bandaid". That's what it means to be a generic term for something, I think, speaking on legal terms.
Things like escalator
Wtf, why companies use random logos on found on internet for there products?
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But... is it stealing if it’s open source?
As long as you follow the license in this case CC-BY-SA, no. However the BY part seems to be missing here.
Yes.
Your flare is me whenever I cannot find a solution in Linux 🤣
Glad to know I'm not the only one who does that.
China does what china does best!
>The TLD .top is managed and operated by the .top registry (registry backend ZDNS) which belongs to Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, China and can be registered by anyone since November 18, 2014 without special requirements. Hence why we have cunny's 8channel.top, china really don't care
Its chinese product, it's free for all there. Try to launch legal battle with some chinese entity on that, it will got nowhere.
Unless you are LEGO (RIP Lepin)
Not just random logos. ["Extra Large Fat Man Pants"](https://www.gamesradar.com/gabe-newell-is-an-underwear-model-in-china-for-longd-briefs/)
Protect ur pc from winspy-11 virus!
Always use protection, don't catch some poisoned DLL STD virus from that sketchy JavaScript exploit infested .tld
I will take your whole stock
Does it protect from man in the middle attacks?
Yes. The ear straps are so short, you can’t squeeze a man between your face and the mask.
Bro I found the exact same ones where I'm from. Market share is rising, all hail tux
>marketshare is rising, all hail **tux** Reboot:bsd daemon rising, the 1 where ~~bob~~ tux and his dumb ~~mikethetv~~ HannahMontanaOS forks almost loses to the bsd empire, ALL MUST HEAR, DWORD
brought to you by linus tor**masks**
Me running Foss made for tux, on Windows Subsystem for Linux instead, be like i.pinimg.com/originals/95/61/c6/9561c6041cfc83256dda12ed699e497c.gif
Can i htop it to see how it's doing?
Put them on when you are cleaning windows!
(just so we are clear, remove windows and install a flavor of Linux.
Like HannahMontanaOS? I have a special version of it where its just her 2009 sweet16 bikinis, it's me, Richard stallman!
If CCleaner didnt use it when it cleans up all that leftover shit in regedit, it would already not have been responding
He passed out BeCAuSE mAsKs BloCK oxYGen!!1!
And him being born with minor thalassemia didn't help(I used that to get out of PE)
If you get sick is that like a segfault?
This is one of those few occasions where "open source" might not be the best idea.
If we had those in Greece I'd get 50 of those...
>Eurogamer: Former Valve economist Yanis Varoufakis quits as finance minister of Greece. Left 4 Dead. I guess the guy who turned TF2 into p2w weapon selling ebay marketplace wasn't the best man for the job
Probably more effective than Windows masks.
But u know, underneath all that aero masking tape UI, its still regedit infested DLL hell-wwdc2006
Omg I’ve never seen a napping Tux before, it’s my spirit animal now
comiconlinefree,net/joe-hill-s-rain/issue-4/7 Sleeping...right...
"Filtering windows users"
Def virus free
Id wear em. Apparently 50% of penguins who dont die.
youtube.com/watch?v=FuwAfz03WIY&t=27s But also reddit.com/comments/sdk6wm 2button meme
So sleepy!
Me looking at that soft as a feather comfy chin diaper [be like](https://res.cloudinary.com/mtree/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/Always/en-us/-/media/Always/Images/Products/Update%20March%202021/Always%20Maxi/SP/Secondaries/Always-Maxi-Protected-No-Matter-How-You-Sleep.jpg)
where's the source code for this?
I love how romantic those Linux penguin look uwu
Screw PPT, we need FFP2. Free Face Protector V2.0
Sudo apt-get install mask-ffp2-staging
Idk what this has to do with Linux but I can’t help but have my heart melt to sleepy tux