Re: Aw: RE: Position of the registered sign

Not really relevant to the present discussion, but:

On 2024-09-16 21:53, Marius Spix via Unicode wrote:
> The difference is that the circled Wz makes no difference between registered
> trademarks, unregistered trademarks and unregistered service marks.
> It was only used by German dictionaries to avoid lawsuits, because generic terms
> commonly used in colloquial language were added to the dictionary, for example:
> Föhn (hair dryer), Pritt (glue stick), Tempo (tissues), Zewa (paper towels),
> Edding (marker pen), Post-it (sticky note) or Pampers (diapers).

With respect to Föhn, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind says:

"The German word Föhn (pronounced the same way) also means 'hairdryer', 
while the word Fön is a genericized trademark today owned by AEG."

Regards,    Martin.