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Date04/05/2014 22:50 (04/05/2014 16:50)
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In article <1al0k9d51p3hcog2bbekkgo4mvc6echi65@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com>wrote:

Sandman
What about other instances where a manufacturer encourages third party solutions for their products, say.. Apple? So Apple owns the trademark "iPad", right, so the only "iPad dock" would be one made by Apple - no one other than Apple "can" say "iPad dock"?

Tony Cooper
I did a very cursory search, and the only instance I saw of such a product that is not offered by Apple is Amazon's. In that case, the descriptions are "IPEGA Speaker and Charger 2 in 1 Stand Mount Cradle Multi-Function Docking Station for iPhone 5/4/4S, iPad 2/3" and others like this. Note "for".

you're reading way more into what's not there.

all that 'for iphone 5/4/4s, ipad 2/3' means is that it won't work with other iphones and ipads.

there are many products that say 'iphone dock' or 'iphone case' or whatever.

However, it doesn't have to be "made by" Apple. If Apple distributes it, the actual maker is immaterial.

if it's made by apple it will say 'apple blah blah'.

a panasonic ipod dock or otterbox iphone case is obviously not made by apple.

Sandman
For the record - I am totally with your line of thought, what I am questioning is the entire "can". Anyone can call a plugin a "Photoshop plugin" and Adobe can do nothing about it. And it is my position that they don't want to do anything about it.

Tony Cooper
You have a good point. I mistakenly used "can" when I should have used "could". "Can" has the meaning of "it's possible", and that's not the meaning that I wanted to impart.

The creator of a plug-in *should* call it a "plug-in for Photoshop" to eliminate any ambiguity.

there is no ambiguity. nobody but you is confused.