tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post115564795955628811..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: COMPUTER LAW CONFERENCE; G****Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1155810522108993342006-08-17T11:28:00.000+01:002006-08-17T11:28:00.000+01:00Thanks, Guy. I have a distant recall that Aspirin ...Thanks, Guy. I have a distant recall that Aspirin was ruled to be generic in a USA decision. Perhaps one of our transatlantic cousins can help me out here.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1155744155403296602006-08-16T17:02:00.000+01:002006-08-16T17:02:00.000+01:00I read Gogle's problems with a sense of deja vu. ...I read Gogle's problems with a sense of deja vu. In the 1920/30s careless advertising caused Kodak to become used as a verb. The problem was solved with "cease and desist" letters. However trying to save another mark owned by the firm, Photostat, was a losing battle; the word is now generic. Aspirin did not fall into the public domain through generic use. In many countries the mark was lost due to the enemy status of the owner, Bayer, during the period 1914/18. In Germany Aspirin is still a registered trade mark owned by Bayer. Other firms have to use a different mark for tablets containing acetylsalicylic acid sold in that country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com