[kictanet] US Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark

[Ali Hussein]

So what are you saying? :-)

Google should lose its copyright?

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On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The moment your copyright becomes a verb in English, you've lost half the
> battle to holding onto it.
>
> Today its very normal to just say I *googled*  as opposed to "...I
> searched for it on Google..."
>
> And I am sure you wouldn't want everyone saying googled/google it etc
> being sued for Copyright infringement, right?
>
> Regards
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> I think its quite unfair to have a company like Google who have built a
>> brand name that went all the way to be "generisized" to actually not be
>> given the right to trademark. So what implications does it have then to
>> their company? I mean.. you can't just say someone set up a company and
>> called it "Sufuria".
>>
>> Plus also Google is not just search but a varierty of products. All
>> unrelated to Search. But the implications of this are even further than
>> this. Does it mean that when you open DuckDuckGo or MSN search youd end up
>> seeing "DuckDuckGo Google" or "MSN Google"?
>>
>> To make matters worse lets not even think about Google to begin with and
>> start thinking about what people will say about "Alphabet"... :D
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> Interesting development.
>>>
>>> Is the term "google" too generic and therefore unworthy of its
>>> trademark protection? That's the question before the US Supreme Court.
>>>
>>> Words like teleprompter, thermos, hoover, aspirin, and videotape were
>>> once trademarked. They lost the status after their names became too generic
>>> and fell victim to what is known as "genericide."
>>>
>>> What's before the Supreme Court is a trademark lawsuit that Google
>>> already defeated in a lower court. The lawsuit claims that Google should no
>>> longer be trademarked because the word "google" is synonymous to the public
>>> with the term "search the Internet."
>>>
>>> US Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark
>>> <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/supreme-court-asked-to-nullify-the-google-trademark/>
>>>
>>> What are the implications in the Kenyan context?
>>>
>>> Have you heard guys using Airtel Money saying 'Mpesa me please?' :-)
>>>
>>> Should governments even think about this? It's ludicrous that we are
>>> even discussing this.. :-)
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
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