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minus-squareRoss_audio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·21 hours agoProbably not an enforceable trademark in France.
minus-squaredoublenom@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 hours agoIt is, and I genuinely worry that Microsoft will bitch about it. https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/detail/FR500000098727661
minus-squareRoss_audio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIt’s literally a generic word for video call. They might have registered it but in the EU it’s not enforceable in the context of video calls. If Microsoft tries to defend it in that context they could lose it in all contexts.
Probably not an enforceable trademark in France.
It is, and I genuinely worry that Microsoft will bitch about it.
https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/detail/FR500000098727661
It’s literally a generic word for video call.
They might have registered it but in the EU it’s not enforceable in the context of video calls.
If Microsoft tries to defend it in that context they could lose it in all contexts.