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(...) Not in the UK. A photocopy is still a photocopy here. Although all vacuum cleaners are "Hoovers" here... but that just sounds right. Is this the same all over? Scott A (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Oh yeah...as a former manager of a Kinko's branch, I can attest to this one personally. (...) Yep. (...) Good point (though not really part of the original issue)...and something GoB might want to consider if it becomes important to them. Matt (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I'll definitely agree with you about "Xerox" having lost its trademark identity, but I don't think I've ever heard of "Kinko's" being used in a generic sense. Maybe it's a regional difference (I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area). (...) Did you (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Sounds painful! <snip the items I agree with...especially usage> (...) Hear-hear! (...) But then Letty doesn't think you should use your cell phone in public...I suppose I should only use it in private at home (where I'm next to my regular (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) With only a few exceptions, U.S. federal trademark laws and regulations do not control the non-commercial use of trademark (#1). To expect writers and speakers to punctuate the mention of, or merely the "first mention of", any trademark in the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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