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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple II Market Share
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Date: 4 Mar 90 00:29:43 GMT
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In article <20258.apple.info-apple@pro-exchange> sschneider@pro-exchange.cts.com (The RainForest BBS) writes:
>... generic term.. as Aspirin and Kleenex are...
>they -are- such because they did NOT adequately defend their trademark.

I don't know about Kleenex, which I never thought of as generic ("tissue"
is the generic term), but the reason that "aspirin" is no longer Bayer's
protected trademark is that Bayer was on the wrong side during the war.