Comments on: Stitch & Bitch, trademarked http://overlawyered.com/2006/02/stitch-bitch-trademarked/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://overlawyered.com/2006/02/stitch-bitch-trademarked/comment-page-1/#comment-2191 Anonymous Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:36:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3092#comment-2191 Phrases in the public domain can get hijacked by corporations. How long has the phrase 'plan b' been around? A common phrase used by the drug maker of Plan B to indicate exactly the same thing as the common usage. But now the phrase has been hijacked and any time I 'plan b' it I run the risk of a nasty letter. Phrases in the public domain can get hijacked by corporations.

How long has the phrase ‘plan b’ been around? A common phrase used by the drug maker of Plan B to indicate exactly the same thing as the common usage.

But now the phrase has been hijacked and any time I ‘plan b’ it I run the risk of a nasty letter.

]]> By: Deoxy http://overlawyered.com/2006/02/stitch-bitch-trademarked/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Deoxy Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:18:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3092#comment-2190 Boy, way to manage your PR with your primary consituents! Morons. Oh, and the legal side of this is appalling, too. Boy, way to manage your PR with your primary consituents! Morons.

Oh, and the legal side of this is appalling, too.

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