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minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·13 hours agoVisio? Don’t they have to pay for copyright on the name “Visio” to Microsoft?
minus-squareearthworm@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoVisio is also a common French word for videoconference. That would be like making a phone app called Phone, and Samsung trying to claim copyright because they call their app Phone, too.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoDidn’t Apple try to she sue when google called his store for apps “app store”?
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoVisio is a Microsoft product name.
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoMicrosoft is American
minus-squarebookmeat@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoIt’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoAnd that’s not going to stop them from suing
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoSuing a govt body? Outside their basecamp? Good luck with that!
Visio? Don’t they have to pay for copyright on the name “Visio” to Microsoft?
Visio is also a common French word for videoconference.
That would be like making a phone app called Phone, and Samsung trying to claim copyright because they call their app Phone, too.
Didn’t Apple try to she sue when google called his store for apps “app store”?
Why should they?
Visio is a Microsoft product name.
Microsoft is American
It’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.
And that’s not going to stop them from suing
Suing a govt body? Outside their basecamp? Good luck with that!