Aces@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1666arrow-down123
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minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoHow did they both end up owning it? I checked Wikipedia but don’t see where it explains how it happened.
minus-squaretabris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoI did a search and found this article that goes into more detail. They applied for a joint ownership trademark to basically stop anyone else from using the term super hero in books, movies, games, toys and more, including shoes?! Pretty interesting.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBasically they were like why be dicks to each other when we can be dicks to everyone?
How did they both end up owning it? I checked Wikipedia but don’t see where it explains how it happened.
I did a search and found this article that goes into more detail. They applied for a joint ownership trademark to basically stop anyone else from using the term super hero in books, movies, games, toys and more, including shoes?! Pretty interesting.
Basically they were like why be dicks to each other when we can be dicks to everyone?