If your were to take a word and translate it back and forth between several languages, you can (and most likely will end up with a different idea all together).
Relating to this article: If a company were to trade mark a phrase or idea, then as it is translated around, it may eventually cover several completely unrelated subjects. So if a trade mark exists across many languages, then at what point will the trade mark stop, one translation, twelve. Once again we hit the problem of, (If its okay now, at what point does it become wrong?)
I didnt see this point yet, but if its already here, please ignore it...
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If your were to take a word and translate it back and forth between several languages, you can (and most likely will end up with a different idea all together).
Relating to this article: If a company were to trade mark a phrase or idea, then as it is translated around, it may eventually cover several completely unrelated subjects. So if a trade mark exists across many languages, then at what point will the trade mark stop, one translation, twelve. Once again we hit the problem of, (If its okay now, at what point does it become wrong?)
I didnt see this point yet, but if its already here, please ignore it...