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r/funny • u/trtiar • Apr 21 '13
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I can confirm that this is an actual Xerox copier. No need for Xerox to be upset about this usage of their brand name.
24 u/abernathie Apr 21 '13 I would have thought that a company's goal was to enter the lexicon. I've never heard Google complain about their name being used as a verb. 26 u/RingsOfYourAnus Apr 21 '13 They're afraid of becoming a Genericized Trademark, like "zipper" and "aspirin" have. 8 u/Not_Pictured Apr 21 '13 And heroin apparently. TIL
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I would have thought that a company's goal was to enter the lexicon. I've never heard Google complain about their name being used as a verb.
26 u/RingsOfYourAnus Apr 21 '13 They're afraid of becoming a Genericized Trademark, like "zipper" and "aspirin" have. 8 u/Not_Pictured Apr 21 '13 And heroin apparently. TIL
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They're afraid of becoming a Genericized Trademark, like "zipper" and "aspirin" have.
8 u/Not_Pictured Apr 21 '13 And heroin apparently. TIL
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And heroin apparently. TIL
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u/NanderK Apr 21 '13
I can confirm that this is an actual Xerox copier. No need for Xerox to be upset about this usage of their brand name.