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by bsder 2422 days ago
Well, sometimes you still have to enforce it. The trick is you don't have to be a jerk about it:

https://mashable.com/2012/07/22/jack-daniels-trademark-lette...

The problem is that "backcountry" is a generic term and trying to enforce otherwise is simple an act of corporate assholery.