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Apple Trying to Trademark "Startup"

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c.gingerich:
Not that I am defending Apple, but startup is not really a word in the dictionary, start-up is. So really it's not surprising that they (or anyone) would want to try and trademark it.

Vurbal:
Not that I am defending Apple, but startup is not really a word in the dictionary, start-up is. So really it's not surprising that they (or anyone) would want to try and trademark it.
-c.gingerich (August 29, 2013, 01:33 PM)
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Being in the dictionary isn't actually relevant to trademarks (at least not in the US). Apple is in the dictionary. That was never an issue since it doesn't describe their business. The word startup OTOH is a common word in the sense of any technology business. As in Silicon Valley startup or tech startup or fill-in-any-of-description-from-Apple's-trademark-application startup.

c.gingerich:
Very true

Renegade:
I truly think someone should be sentenced to prison for this.-Curt (August 29, 2013, 01:00 PM)
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Too big to jail. :(

Prison is only for serfs like you and me.

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