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[WildClyde]

http://gizmodo.com/5963186/apple-had-to-acquire-its-lightning-trademark-from-harley+davidson

[Buy early]

Interesting. I don't associate anthing HD related with the term 'lightning'.

[muddypaws]

X2

[charles05663]

Interesting. I don't associate anthing HD related with the term 'lightning'.

Customer Service?   

[ThunderBueller]

Buell?

[grc]

I think I'll trademark the word "Whiz".  Then every time one of you guys takes a whiz, you'll have to pay me a fee.

How in the heck does anyone trademark common words like lightning and then have it apply across multitudes of uses that have nothing to do with what the company actually does?  Harleys are definitely not fast, so I can't see them using the word as a name for one of their bikes.  So how did they manage to trademark the word "lightning"?  This stuff truly amazes me.

Now if they had trademarked the terms "unreliable" and "pizz poor customer service", I could understand.

Jerry

[Fired00d]

I think I'll trademark the word "Whiz".  Then every time one of you guys takes a whiz, you'll have to pay me a fee.

How in the heck does anyone trademark common words like lightning and then have it apply across multitudes of uses that have nothing to do with what the company actually does?  Harleys are definitely not fast, so I can't see them using the word as a name for one of their bikes.  So how did they manage to trademark the word "lightning"?  This stuff truly amazes me.

Now if they had trademarked the terms "unreliable" and "pizz poor customer service", I could understand.

Jerry

Im safe then... when I was a young lad I would "whiz"... when I became an adult I "pee'd"... now that I'm an old fart I just "drip" (all the pressure and half the volume is gone).

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[ultrarider123]

I think I'll trademark the word "Whiz".  Then every time one of you guys takes a whiz, you'll have to pay me a fee.

How in the heck does anyone trademark common words like lightning and then have it apply across multitudes of uses that have nothing to do with what the company actually does?  Harleys are definitely not fast, so I can't see them using the word as a name for one of their bikes.  So how did they manage to trademark the word "lightning"?  This stuff truly amazes me.
Now if they had trademarked the terms "unreliable" and "pizz poor customer service", I could understand.
Jerry

That's a good un there Jerry.  Thanks for the belly laugh this morning as I needed it....