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Cory Doctorow is Right (This Time)

I agree that claiming a trademark on super-hero is pure greed. These are generic words in English. They are not invented words like "threepeat."

Let's ask Webster:

super: "exhibiting the characteristics of its type to an extreme or excessive degree"

hero: "a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability"

Put them together: super-hero, superhero, super hero. Note enough? Ok, super hero.

This isn't something new with marvel and DC. They've claimed a trademark on Super Hero for years. Now they also want the dash version. Wait! Has anyone trademarked the dash yet? I bet Coca-Cola did that years ago. Ty Cobb probably had that idea in his 50s. Nevermind.

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Posted by Temple of Me at 21:06 on Mar 18, 2009

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Even "superhero" itself (however you spell it) has become a generic word.

I work with a guy who grew up in Vietnam -- he never picked up a comic book in his life, and has no idea who Marvel and DC are, but he STILL knows what a superhero is, and uses the word comfortably.
# Posted by: Brother at March 20, 2009 07:58 PM

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