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funkajunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Shrubbery@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Allen Key” is a trademark, “hex wrench” is the generic term.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_(brand) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key

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  • funkajunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doesn’t stop me from calling every set of motor-driven stairs an “Escalator”.

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    • creepystephenscreepiestdoll@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Zamboni too

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      • toofpic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        See you in the Jacuzzi

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    • jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or every large metal trash container a dumpster, or wvery cotton swab a q-tip etc.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    May be a trademark, but it’s a generic trademark

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  • Mercury@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Very nice. Now let’s see Paul Allen’s key.

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  • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You know that a company can loose its trademark if the term is widely used in society to describe a product category instead of the product of that company?

    You only help big corporations by enforcing not to use the trademark name for a product category.

    Don’t be a capitalism enabler!

    (Warning satire)

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