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Australia Linux trademark row
By Martin English | August 24, 2005
Some background on why the Linux mark institute (and more specifically Linus Torvalds) are attempting to licence the Linux trademark in Australia.
If you don’t protect a trademark, it becomes useless. thats why Kimberly-Clark don’t like you using the term Kleenex if you mean any old generic paper tissue. My understanding is that the owners of specific trademarks don’ twant their specific product confused with any other; they’ve got a lot of value invested in the brand and don’t want it devalued.
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