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		jhbadger 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What came after the 486? I remember when IBM was upset that various companies were calling their 80286 computers "<Brandname> AT" like the IBM AT ("advanced technology"). But you can't trademark a preposition!

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kube-system 11 days ago [–]

It's not that simple -- you can definitely trademark a preposition. Go search USPTO, it's not hard to find some: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-results/90234636

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