Welcome to another edition of Genericide Watch, where we consider brands on the edge, working hard to maintain brand status and exclusive rights, while trying to avoid trademark genericide.
The primary meaning to the relevant public decides genericness, so trademark owners will try to influence how consumers understand the word, to maintain at
– Jason Voiovich, Vice President, Marketing, Logic PD
It’s a classic of 1970s dystopian cinema. In “Soylent Green”, Charlton Heston (yep, the very same) struggles through a horrible vision of an overpopulated future where human beings are processed into “Soylent Green” to feed the populace. (The meme-line from this entire movie comes at
–Dan Kelly, Attorney
What do you think, infringement or not?
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No, I did not just learn how to use Photoshop. If you live east of the Rockies, you likely know Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Edy’s ice cream. If you live west of the Rockies, you can’t buy either Hellmann’s or Edy’s.