Automagically has been trademarked. WTF?

1 points by _grrr 14y ago ↗ HN

I've just seen an ad for TuneUp and noticed they have trademarked "Automagically".

I've been using this word for ages, as I'm sure others on HN have too. WTF!?

http://www.tuneupmedia.com/

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kookiekrak 14y ago ↗

all trademarks for Automagically. dating back to 2007.

mark-r 14y ago ↗

Citations go 20 years before that: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:automagical#English

lysol 14y ago ↗

You should be using words that more accurately describe the functionality your code provides, anyway.

mark-r 14y ago ↗

Unfortunately the P&T office has gone stark raving mad. And nobody will step up to overturn these because that costs money, and who will fight for something they can't own either?

whiterabbit 14y ago ↗

LOL, "First Use Anywhere: 3/1/2008".