RE: I'm no law buff but...
<i>I thought you couldn't trademark something that is in common use within a certain context.</i>
You'd think that, but Microsoft trademarked 'Windows', which was already a computing term. I think of trademarks as slogans that no other business has thought of using yet. Like, 'We're there when you need us' is trademarked by Tuscon Electric.
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