I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding is that under USA law, anyone can claim 
a trademark, but this particular claim wouldn’t be defensible because of its 
prior general usage.

Garry
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Garry Margolis
gar...@panix.com

On Sep 15, 2018, at 10:42 AM, Paul Hodges <pwh-surro...@cassland.org> wrote:
> 
> --On 15 September 2018 18:25 +0100 Phi Shu <phi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Surely not something that can be granted considering the terms have
>> been widely used for decades?
> 
> Trademark rules are far from obvious.  Microsoft trademarked the word
> "bookshelf" at one point.
> 
> But I can't see what they think they gain by doing it anyway...
> 
> Paul
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> Paul Hodges
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