Talk:Emoji/Archives/2017/January
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Trademark
The term "emoji" seems to be trademarked by the German company "emoji company GmbH" for various classes (mostly everyday items, clothing, toys etc, but also questionable categories like electronic messaging, social networks and software licensing). There was already a licensing dispute between the company and Sony Pictures because of "The Emoji Movie". --Leon B. aus S. (talk) 20:28, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
- Trademarks are like that though. You can take a common word, trademark it, and then it’s yours for the things you trademarked it for. You can protect it in court; in fact you often have to as if you don’t you can lose it. So such disputes are incredibly common, and rarely noteworthy or notable on their own. The only one I can think of is Apple Corps v Apple Computer.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 20:42, 30 January 2017 (UTC)