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umberto on July 28, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dear Instagram

Trademark is about preventing confusion, not owning words. A browser is very different from an app voice/text app.

untog on July 28, 2014 [–]

My point was that the two Bolts barely compete with each other. One is for voice calls, the other is for quick picture sharing. I can't imagine many scenarios where you could use them interchangeably.

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