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Re: Governor of Amazonas wants to charge Amazon royalties for use of the brand

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Post by pugworthy »

dontupvoteme wrote: post #12

Has this ever worked?

Tillamook Creamery (Tillamook Oregon) has been legally aggressive for a while to make sure they have the exclusive on the name "Tillamook" in food related products.

Of course that's also the name of a town there, as well as the county it's in. That and it's the name of a local Native American tribe.

Re: Governor of Amazonas wants to charge Amazon royalties for use of the brand

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Post by FredPret »

tomrod wrote: post #29
FredPret wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plus a usage tax on Greek-derived words!

Oracle, Delphi, Minotaur, Ikarus, what else?

I feel like almost every European word has a Greek root deep down. Even the Latin ones sometimes come from Greek.

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

causality0 wrote: post #11

Don't most places have rules barring IP protection for the names of places? Like the US federal government can't sue "USA Super Nail Salon".

A sort of edge case is when Atlanta startup 'Beltline & Co' had to change their name because it conflicted with the Atlanta Beltline, a multiuse trail system encircling the central part of the city. The Beltline is certainly a place, but it only has a cohesive form due to the Beltline project being developed by Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and Atlanta BeltLine Partnership.

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Post by WalterBright »

everyone wrote: post #24
reissbaker wrote: post #8

Next, Greece will charge Amazonas royalties for using their brand, since the Amazons were ancient Greek myths.

Also India should own 50% of everyone's data as they invented the zero.

That patent expired.

Re: Governor of Amazonas wants to charge Amazon royalties for use of the brand

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Post by SilasX »

dontupvoteme wrote: post #14
FredPret wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Greece starts doing this, they can levy a tax on most things in the Western world!

Better yet, just a tiny 1-2% tax on any project, program or company that ever used anything Greek as a codename. Keeps you under the radar

I like that idea, but more because it would discourage oh-so-clever names for projects.

Re: Governor of Amazonas wants to charge Amazon royalties for use of the brand

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Post by WalterBright »

Stratoscope wrote: post #21

My last name is Geary, so I should get a royalty on every app that uses a gear-y icon for settings. And Walter Bright certainly deserves a royalty on every brightness control!

I'm expecting your checks pronto!
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