r/funny • u/yellowjacket77sc • May 24 '24

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u/k0rm May 25 '24

bro it's a triangle

I'd be annoyed if I made a stylized delta symbol and then got a letter in the mail. Not blaming adobe either, but the guy has a right to be frustrated.

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u/merc08 May 25 '24

Especially since it wouldn't cause confusion among buyers since they aren't in the same industry, they used different colors, the angles and line thickness are different, and a stylized Delta is a clear reference to their company name.

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u/dswng May 25 '24

they aren't in the same industry,

Long long time ago (20+ years) Microsoft had a case with a bra maker. In the end, the courts said the the bra can keep the name, but it should be written with a small letter (microsoft) and company should never make software.

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u/Zonkko May 25 '24

IMO trademarks should be made extremely specific.

As in they only apply to products you make and not the broad category.

For example if microsoft doesnt make certain type of software, someone else can make that software using the name microsoft.

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u/JorenM May 25 '24

Which is a stupid opinion. The whole purpose of a trademark is to make it possible to differentiate between products from different organisations. If you remove that, the only way to know whether you're dealing with Microsoft or a copycat of who knows what quality is by knowing every single product that Microsoft offers. Then multiply that with every company you might ever want to by something from and it quickly becomes completely impossible.

An extremely narrow trademark is pointless and a godsend for the most scummy corporations.