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Follow up on December 23, 2020 Request to Edit

We request the following sentence be removed from the page: “The software's name has thus become a generic trademark, leading to its usage as a verb (e.g. "to photoshop an image", "photoshopping", and "photoshop contest") although Adobe discourages such use.”

The sentence is factually incorrect as “Photoshop” is not a generic trademark. Proof of this is shown with Adobe’s current trademark registration for “Photoshop” at the US Patent and Trademark Office, and registrations for the trademark “Photoshop” globally. The word “software” is generic for software. “Photoshop” is not. A generic term such as “software” is incapable of functioning as a trademark as it is not a source indicator for software goods or services, and would not be registered at the US Patent and Trademark Office. However, “Photoshop” is recognized by the public as a source indicator for a specific brand of computer software for photo editing originating with the company, Adobe, and is registered at the US Patent and Trademark Office, as well as globally. The “Photoshop” trademark is famous due to Adobe’s widespread use, advertising, extensive marketing and enforcement of trademark rights in its “Photoshop” trademark. As such, the “Photoshop” trademark is not and has not become a generic term, and the sentence claiming it is needs to be removed.

References supporting change:

- https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/glossary#sec-G (The US Patent and Trademark Office’s definition for “generic”)

- http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/ (Adobe’s registrations for the PHOTOSHOP trademark can be reviewed via search at the USPTO)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Adobe_Photoshop (Talk: Adobe Photoshop page displaying the December 23, 2020 request)

Thanks,

P Coie Updates (talk) 23:23, 26 March 2021 (UTC) P Coie Updates[reply]

Done The references you cite are primary sources but I have found a secondary source from The Verge that supports this claim. I have reworded the particular sentence to remove the claim that "Photoshop" is a generic trademark (I am surprised this incorrect statement lasted this long!), while keeping the significant context that it is often used colloquially as a verb. ☃ Unicodesnowman (talk) 01:40, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]