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minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoVisio? Don’t they have to pay for copyright on the name “Visio” to Microsoft?
minus-squareearthworm@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoDidn’t Apple try to she sue when google called his store for apps “app store”?
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoVisio is a Microsoft product name.
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoMicrosoft is American
minus-squarebookmeat@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd that’s not going to stop them from suing
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSuing a govt body? Outside their basecamp? Good luck with that!
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoMicrosoft doesn’t hold a copyright worldwide for product names.
minus-squareBobby@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months 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.