Additionally, any trademark considered in use as a generic term is invalid. It can be said that Bitcoin is a generic terms for crypto currency.
Haha! Are you kidding me? You better make a phone call to Xerox right now and tell them their trademark is FUBAR.
When it comes to trademarks, it is not you and I, who decide the matter of things, but the courts. Do you have a link to a court ruling on this matter?
No? Thank you and good bye.
Actually, it has happen to quite a lot of major brand names, in many countries. Here is a rather long, short list, to start
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks
