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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.
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.