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		madaxe_again on May 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In-Ear Device That Translates Foreign Languages in... Yes - and yes, trademark, not copyright, pre-coffee conflation. Consider the Nexus line of phones, lifted directly from PKD's Do Androids Dream. Copyright is about area of applicability - I bet babelfish is trademarked for "translation services and products".

kuschku on May 18, 2016 [–]

This is like as if I’d trademark "Quidditch" for a sports league where a sport is played with brooms, flying around, etc.

That shouldn’t be possible, and hopefully any court would laugh at whoever claims to have a trademark on Babelfish.

madaxe_again on May 18, 2016 | [–]

Oddly, while I can find three trademarks, Yahoo isn't one of the holders.

https://trademarks.justia.com/785/15/babelfish-78515910.html

https://trademarks.justia.com/772/49/babelfish-77249656.html

https://trademarks.justia.com/851/07/babel-fish-85107190.htm...

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