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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Taser Sues 'Second Life' for Trademark Infringement]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/24/taser-sues-second-life-for-trademark-infringement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/24/taser-sues-second-life-for-trademark-infringement/</guid><description><![CDATA[There's actually a pretty good precedent that prevents you from suing if your product is so ubiquitous that it's referred to as the generic item and not the brand-name, as Taser is.<br><br>I just can't remember the damned name of it. <br><br>Sales on the other hand, are different. You can call a Puff's Wipe a Kleenex on TV, but you can't sell them with a "Kleenex" tab in the supermarket.<br><br>That said, this isn't nearly as cut and dry as it looks. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Britboyj27]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2009 11:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Taser Sues 'Second Life' for Trademark Infringement]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/24/taser-sues-second-life-for-trademark-infringement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/24/taser-sues-second-life-for-trademark-infringement/</guid><description><![CDATA[The term you're looking for is "genericized trademark."<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sanskrit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2009 12:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Taser Sues 'Second Life' for Trademark Infringement]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/24/taser-sues-second-life-for-trademark-infringement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/24/taser-sues-second-life-for-trademark-infringement/</guid><description><![CDATA[yay!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[swisshhyyyxd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2009 1:51PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
