Apparently Oakley has a source for unobtanium - they have frames with it as a component …
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Is that Pandorian or Terrestrial Unobtanium?
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They don’t just have a source of it, they trademarked the whole damn thing over 30 years ago.
Clearly these are the shades of choice if you’re planning to visit the Earth’s core.
It would be really funny if those were permanently on backorder.
Obviously someone over there has a wicked sense of humor.
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I didn’t what OP was going to be about, but I was going to mention Oakleys when I saw the thread title. I stumbled upon that years ago when I was looking for some new sunglasses. I remember thinking it was pretty douchey of them to use that term.
OTOH, if they TM’d that word before it was a semi-pop-culture word (in certain cultures I suppose), then it’s their’s and they should be able to do whatever they want with it.
This is GREAT!
It means we don’t have to tear up that goddam tree, and we can let the SmurfKittyPrincesses live in their floating jungle undisturbed.
Well, except the land would be nice, even if you had to wear a breather. Earth’s kinda crowded and dirty.
Trademarks are a defend it or lose it proposition, unless they have been taking people to court for using unobtanium without authorisation, there’s a chance that their trademark is no longer valid. That’s why Google really doesn’t want google to become a verb for searching, and the Kleenex people don’t want kleenex to become the generic name for paper tissues. Adobe might run into some problems, photoshop is close to becoming the standard verb for photo editing.
I think what I meant to say was if they ‘invented’ that word.