ekZepp@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHere we go again...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down14
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minus-squareunalivejoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThey do reboots just so they don’t lose the trademark. Reboots happen every 10 years because that’s how long trademark registration lasts. https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/TFSR-15USCd1e1.html (section 8)
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoYeah that’s part of it. That’s one specific mechanism by which our culture is in the hands of people with perverse incentives.
They do reboots just so they don’t lose the trademark.
Reboots happen every 10 years because that’s how long trademark registration lasts.
https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/TFSR-15USCd1e1.html (section 8)
Yeah that’s part of it. That’s one specific mechanism by which our culture is in the hands of people with perverse incentives.