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by falcor84 587 days ago
What does having invented a term have to do with this?

The Otis company invented the term escalator, and even had a trademark on it for a while, but does it mean that you'd only call one an escalator if it was made by them?

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That's literally what the trademark means. At some point things become so dominant and generic a trademark is no longer successfully enforceable and you get escalators, bandaids, linoleum, taser, gasoline, etc.
What a small part of my original point that you choose to focus on… and to be so wrong about…

Why try arguing this?