The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk filed to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis. But it turns out that another person had already filed to trademark those names.
Elmo always finding exciting and innovative ways to grift.
Copyright and trademark are different things. Trademark is for recognization of a brand, copyright is for intellectual property like books and software and music. However I agree with the above, copyright, patent, and trademark laws need to be drastically drawn back. They are being abused at every opportunity.
This is too big to be explained by some weirdo in a comment section, I’d recommend researching how companies have used these laws and lobbied for their strengthening.
I disagree. Its a good thing that a competing brand can’t legally make a duplicate product with the same packaging and trick people into buying it.
Copyright and trademark are different things. Trademark is for recognization of a brand, copyright is for intellectual property like books and software and music. However I agree with the above, copyright, patent, and trademark laws need to be drastically drawn back. They are being abused at every opportunity.
Why, and by how much?
This is too big to be explained by some weirdo in a comment section, I’d recommend researching how companies have used these laws and lobbied for their strengthening.
And for a broader view, look up “expropriation of the commons,” which this is an example of.