ekZepp@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoHere we go again...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1436
arrow-up1436imageHere we go again...lemmy.worldekZepp@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-210 hours 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-up7·10 hours 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.