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Old 03-05-2009, 07:57 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by chodadog View Post
Jaguar. Penthouse.
out of scope use


based on historical search results that have already been presented that is NOT what shap did.

What he did was the equivalent of what microsoft did with the trademark term windows. Take a generic term pre-established with in the SCOPE of his trademark, and file a trademark claim to it. (see parc windows/ x-windows etc)

as in the lindows.com vs microsoft case, microsoft was forced to buy their way out of that lawsuit or they would have lost the trademark.
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