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Originally posted by AtW View PostWii is not generalised word - people don't say - "let's go wii" to mean they are going to play console games.
Xerox had to actually sue people to stop usage of "I'll go xerox that paper" and make people use words "photo-copying", why? Because if they had not done so then they'd lose their trademark and company name.
Expect to see Google (tm) to go after those who say "googling" in the next 5 years.
HTH
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostI'm sure one of the Wil Self short stories has a room full of people who are paid to constantly use trademarked terms in order to get them into common usage and therefore un-trademarked
Xerox had to actually sue people to stop usage of "I'll go xerox that paper" and make people use words "photo-copying", why? Because if they had not done so then they'd lose their trademark and company name.
Expect to see Google (tm) to go after those who say "googling" in the next 5 years.
HTH
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I'm sure one of the Wil Self short stories has a room full of people who are paid to constantly use trademarked terms in order to get them into common usage and therefore un-trademarked
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Originally posted by AtW View PostWrong.
It's a trademark infringement that's what it is.
Read up on Xerox and other stuff here: Genericized trademark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If I were you I'd edit your posts above.
HTH
Searching. Coined by popular use of google.com.
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SKA tagline:
Google beating search coming to you in20042005200620072008200920102011the near future!
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Originally posted by k2p2 View PostI believe that googling is a commonly accepted term for use of a search engine
It's a trademark infringement that's what it is.
Read up on Xerox and other stuff here: Genericized trademark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If I were you I'd edit your posts above.
HTH
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Originally posted by Ruprect View PostNo yahooing or ska-ing either.
OK my turn: who's finger is just enough to give your kids a treat?
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I believe that googling is a commonly accepted term for use of a search engine, in the same way that hoovering is a commonly accepted term for use of a vacuum cleaner.
So what's your company's tagline?
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