<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">If the words “team” or “teams” were protectable by trademark, I’m sure the MLB would have a lot to say about Microsoft and everyone else using the term “without the express written consent of Major League Baseball”. 😂😂😂<div><br></div><div>Yes, I know, different fields, pardon the pun.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sent from an iOS device with very tiny touchscreen input keys. Please excude my typtos.</span></p></div><div><br>On Apr 19, 2018, at 9:31 AM, Ryan Huff <<a href="mailto:ryanhuff@outlook.com">ryanhuff@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Common words</b> and <b>phrases can</b> be <b>trademarked</b> if the person or company seeking the <b>trademark can</b>demonstrate that the phrase has acquired a distinctive secondary meaning apart
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<div>I don’t think “teams” would qualify; I couldn’t imagine saying “teams” to anyone and them automatically thinking, “Oh, that Microsoft thing”.</div>
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<div>If the users won’t come to Spark, I guess you bring Spark to the users and put a little dressing on it (to distance the platform from those early on scale based outages ;).</div>
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<div>It’s a pretty creative way get valuation for the product if you think about. Tap into a well known and loved branding message with a massive pre existing user base with a high adoption to churn ratio. It’s all about fiduciary responsibility ;).</div>
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