J wrote:
Winchester=lever action


Actually, when I hear Winchester, I think 'hard drive'. Maybe I'm showing
my age, but the very first hard drive that recorded on both sides of the
disk was made by IBM and was a 60 meg unit. 30 megs on each side. IBM named
it the 30-30, which quickly became the Winchester in tech support circles.


Be that as it may, Kimberly Clark spends a fortune protecting the Kleenex
trademark, as does CocaCola with 'Coke', Polaroid with their company name,
etc., etc.

Sveral brand names have legally moved into the common domain because the
copyright owners did not do enough to enforce their rights. Aspirin and
Linoleum are prime examples. General Motors spent more money policing the
rights to their trademark Frigidaire name in the 50s than they made selling
refrigerators.

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