• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Trademarks are very different from patents. They are the one form of IP that basically everyone should be okay with. Unlike copyright and patents, they are more about consumer protection than about control.

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      9 months ago

      Eh, not really an important distinction in this context but sure

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        9 months ago

        It absolutely is an important distinction when you’re saying “stuff like this happens a lot” with reference to patent-trolling, but there’s no such thing as “Trademark-trolling”

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          9 months ago

          Just because there isn’t a common term for it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.