| ▲ | nottorp a day ago | |
> Trademarks are first intended to protect consumers Huh? I thought they're intended to protect "innovation". | ||
| ▲ | tsimionescu a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
No, they are very much not. That's the supposed benefit of patents and/or copyright. Trademarks are for ensuring there is no consumer confusion about which company they are trading with. | ||
| ▲ | GuB-42 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I think you are confusing trademarks with patents. Trademarks don't prevent you from copying anything, they only prevent you from being misleading regarding the origin. | ||
| ▲ | echoangle a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I think patents are for innovation and trademarks are to make sure that people can reliably know who they’re dealing with. | ||