From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:26:32 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-03, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 14:09:02 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Oh, the things I don't know. I had to look up CMR. (It's like "organic   
   >>> farming"- we used to just call it "farming".)   
   >>   
   >> Except “Organic” is a trade mark, don’t you know? So you need to   
   >> license it, and pass a certification to do so.   
   >   
   > Besides that it probably shouldn't have been granted to begin with, how   
   > would such a trademark be enforceable?   
   >   
   > One thing is calling your record company or computer business "Apple",   
   > another thing is using an adjective as trademark, even if it were not   
   > common to use "organic" to describe farming or produce, I'm not so   
   > convinced it'd be easy to enforce.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_(apple)#Cultural_significance   
      
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