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by acdha 633 days ago
> I pointed out that that wouldn't be relevant, and you're agreeing with that here. What kind of "correction" is this?

It’s the kind where multiple people are trying to help you understand something. Trademarks are intended to avoid confusion in the marketplace, so my point was that later shifting ownership to a different organization doesn’t change the question. They’d still be asking whether consumers think of the term as specific or generic because consumers rarely care about the distinction between a company and an organization controlled by that company.