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by syshum 3078 days ago
The "Trademarks must be defended" and the "yell fire" concepts are the 2 most over stated and misunderstood legal topics on the planet.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/trademark-law-does-not...

>>Quite simply, the view that a trademark holder must trawl the internet and respond to every unauthorized use (or even every infringing use) is a myth. It’s great for lawyers, but irritating and expensive for everyone else. And when done clumsily or maliciously, it chills free expression.