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Originally Posted by patrickh
I remembered from my IP class way back in my university days that if you don't start using your trademark in your product in a year or so, you lose it. No?
They just can't register millions of marks without having a product for 7 years and all of a sudden start using it to take advantage of the iPxxx name from Apple. So Apple might be able to win in court..
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It's actually pretty complicated as to what constitutes "use" and "abandonment." But what you say has some accuracy.
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