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1122 points felixrieseberg | 4 comments | 06 May 25 15:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.942s | source
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nullchan ◴[06 May 25 15:45 UTC] No.43906416[source]▶
Pretty sure Clippy is trademarked. Had the same idea but did not go through with it because of the TM.
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1. SoftTalker ◴[06 May 25 16:00 UTC] No.43906628[source]▶
Trademarks have to actually be used to remain enforceable, I think. Not sure MS could claim Clippy after all this time, not that they might not try.
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2. mook ◴[06 May 25 16:20 UTC] No.43906863[source]▶
Three fact that it's not a product anymore doesn't mean it's unused; a quick search says they at a minimum used it in 2021: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/07/0...
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3. SoftTalker ◴[06 May 25 16:31 UTC] No.43906974[source]▶
Wow, had no idea. Like a bad penny.
4. shrinks99 ◴[06 May 25 18:36 UTC] No.43908245[source]▶
Microsoft uses Clippy for the paperclip emoji in the Fluent Emoji set. The trademark is why the open source version of Fluent Emoji doesn't use Clippy's likeness.