by rapcal on 3/25/11, 7:37 PM with 8 comments
This is the last one about Color. Just couldn't hold my tongue because this is funny.
Look at the bottom of their home page (http://www.color.com) and you'll see that "'Color' is a trademark of Color Labs Inc.". Oh my...
According to Princeton University's WordNet, something is trademarked when it's "labeled with proprietary (and legally registered) identification guaranteeing exclusive use". So beware -- you can't use the word "color" anymore.
I thought nothing would get worse than Facebook going after everyone with a face or a book in their brand/website names. But here it is, folks :)
by allanchao on 3/25/11, 8:30 PM
I'm pretty sure trademark protection only affects the domain that it's trademarked in. On the link below by personalcompute, it's the "Goods and Services". So that means you can still use the word color in normal use, but I'd be cautious of saying "there's a lot of color in that facebook photo".
by personalcompute on 3/25/11, 7:48 PM
by mark-r on 3/25/11, 8:03 PM
How is that possible? I thought that a generic word in common use couldn't be trademarked at all. Is the system really that broken?