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Trademarks also serve a symbolic function for the consumer.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2024

"Trademarks are 'use it or lose it,' they're not like patents, where whoever thinks of it first wins," said Daniel M. Klerman, a professor at USC's Gould School of Law.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2015

Trademarks are meant not to prevent companies from stealing others’ ideas, but to protect consumers from mixing up brands.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2014

"Trademarks are supposed to be used to protect from unfair competition, not to stifle a small business or to control language."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2014

Trademarks can not be copyrighted nor registered in the Copyright Office.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers