<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Really? do you think Apple would get trademark if it was a apple or fruit producing company?<br></div>Really? do you think MS would get trademark for windows if it was a furniture company?<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Bryan Hadaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com" target="_blank">bhadaway@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><b>@tskk79</b> - Trademarks are very specific, not broad. And generic terms are used for product/company names all the time, Apple, Windows etc.<br><br></div>In terms of a WordPress theme name, we were the first to use "Responsive" in commerce and have overwhelmingly established that we are the official "Responsive WordPress theme", that's not to say that other themes cannot use the word "responsive" in their descriptions, they just cannot use it as a theme name or apart of a theme name in any manner that might cause brand and consumer confusion.<br><br></div><b>@Emil</b> - Sounds good. Again, we're not trying to pull one over on anyone, we're trying to do what makes the most sense for protecting end-user. Please discuss amongst yourselves and decide how we can proceed.<br><br></div>Thank you.<br></div>
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