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dragonwriter
on Aug 21, 2017
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Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademar...
It (and other of their property, intellectual and otherwise) was seized by some allied governments during WWI (not WWII), but in the US that just got it sold to a domestic company. Who then lost the aspirin trademark to genericization.
MBCook
on Aug 21, 2017
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WWI. Right. I knew it was seized by the government but I didn't realize it was given to someone else.
Interesting.
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