ANST - Re: vinting.
Sandy M Koenig
ravensmk at juno.com
Fri Jun 12 01:01:45 PDT 1998
He just means that ev3erybody calls facial tissues "Kleenex". He even
does it. I do it myself.
R
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 01:13:08 -0500 (CDT) "Timothy A. McDaniel"
<tmcd at crl.com> writes:
>On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Robert Knaus <Tech at filebox.com> wrote:
>> Kleenex was originally a trademarked name, but it was lost precisely
>> because of this. They did not take "appropriate and reasonable
>> actions" to protect the usage of the name
>
>Certainly this has happened with some products in the past. The
>classic case is "aspirin", which was originally a brand name. A
>less-understood one is "Webster's", I believe. Anyone can call a
>dictionary "Webster's", not just Merriam-Webster. Defense certainly
>happens. Xerox is strict on criticizing people for "xeroxing"
>documents. "Copying", "photocopying", "xerographing" are all OK.
>
>However, I think you are incorrect with respect to "Kleenex". I
>grabbed the box next to me and looked. The side says "Kleenex(R)
>BRAND TISSUE". The ad on the back mentions "KLEENEX(R) COLDCARE(TM)
>Tissue". The notes at the bottom of the ad say
> (R) Registered Trademark-Marca Registrada
> (TM) Trademark of Kimberly-Clark Corporation
>I use "(R)" to represent the superscript R-in-a-circle. I use "(TM)"
>to represent a superscript TM.
>
>I don't think they could use those marks if it were in fact in the
>public domain.
>
>I'm sorry! I wandered away from SCA topics again.
>
>Daniel "Acronym du jour: WRT: With Respect To" de Lincolia
>--
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