Going to Maine this morning with Nate to install the dock--stay tuned. And yes, I used to climb that Norway Maple in front and spy on you and your dates.

Thanks Alex. Excellent advice to future 1L's from one who is living what I only read about.

And I thought you wore that deeply introspective look because you were totally engaged with the material.

You are right that generic usage results from effective brand penetration. Remember, though, the purpose of a trademark is to identify the source of goods or services. What if I am googling whether somebody is a creep by using Bing or Yahoo!, and it never occurs to me that the source of googling is the Google search engine? At some point consumers stopped associating shredded wheat with its manufacturer and applied it to any similar breakfast cereal, and the owner of the shredded wheat mark failed to adequately protect its rights in the mark. It ceased to be a trademark and became a noun that any cereal maker could use for its product.

Agreed. I guffawed reading that.

Thoughtful perspective. No one is forced to use the sites. If users understand the implications of these sites before volunteering their information then that\'s their choice, but we know most users will not understand the implications.

Wise advice!

If the explanation is situational, it must have been a really badsalmon experience.

This chart is fantastic. Thanks for the link.

If they found the recipe printed in the newspaper, it's not secret.