Same reason you hear "can't trademark certain parts of speech". Half informed zealots go off half cocked.
For instance, here is apparently authoritative advice that a trademark can only be an adjective: http://www.ramseylawgroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=21 And here is a real world analysis: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/myl/languagelog/archives/000943.html The fact is, I bought a BMW, not a BMW car. It is still trademark in spite of my linguistic faux pas. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2016, at 18:47, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hrm. Given that, I'm confused why I keep hearing "oh, natural word, can't > be trademarked." --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
