Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agoShould I be Concerned?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageShould I be Concerned?lemmy.dbzer0.comKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
Most of the way through bag #3 and I just noticed they’re not calling these “tortilla chips” anymore…
minus-squareLGTM@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoWouldn’t this make them lose their trademark (or whatever the appropriate term is) because it goes into commom use? I swear that happened with another company
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days ago I swear that happened with another company It happened to a number of companies. Flip Phone, Laundromat, Trampoline, Escalator… all used to be protected names.
minus-squareLGTM@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoFlip phone is news to me, so is airfryer???
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoCool link. Lots of surprising ones. Hovercraft? Linoleum? Thanks!
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoIt’s one of my favorite Wikipedia articles. I check it out every here and then. Glad you got a kick out of it!
Wouldn’t this make them lose their trademark (or whatever the appropriate term is) because it goes into commom use? I swear that happened with another company
It happened to a number of companies. Flip Phone, Laundromat, Trampoline, Escalator… all used to be protected names.
Flip phone is news to me, so is airfryer???
Cool link. Lots of surprising ones. Hovercraft? Linoleum? Thanks!
It’s one of my favorite Wikipedia articles. I check it out every here and then. Glad you got a kick out of it!