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minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·10 days agoVisio? Don’t they have to pay for copyright on the name “Visio” to Microsoft?
minus-squareearthworm@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoVisio is also a common French word for videoconference. That would be like making a phone app called Phone, and Samsung trying to claim copyright because they call their app Phone, too.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoDidn’t Apple try to she sue when google called his store for apps “app store”?
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoVisio is a Microsoft product name.
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoMicrosoft is American
minus-squarebookmeat@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoIt’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 days agoAnd that’s not going to stop them from suing
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoSuing a govt body? Outside their basecamp? Good luck with that!
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 days agoMicrosoft doesn’t hold a copyright worldwide for product names.
minus-squareBobby@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 days ago Microsoft doesn’t hold a copyright worldwide for product names. Product names are trademarks, not copyrights. For someone shouting in another comment about garbage misinformation, you fail at basic stuff.
Visio? Don’t they have to pay for copyright on the name “Visio” to Microsoft?
Visio is also a common French word for videoconference.
That would be like making a phone app called Phone, and Samsung trying to claim copyright because they call their app Phone, too.
Didn’t Apple try to she sue when google called his store for apps “app store”?
Why should they?
Visio is a Microsoft product name.
Microsoft is American
It’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.
And that’s not going to stop them from suing
Suing a govt body? Outside their basecamp? Good luck with that!
Microsoft doesn’t hold a copyright worldwide for product names.
Product names are trademarks, not copyrights. For someone shouting in another comment about garbage misinformation, you fail at basic stuff.