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"Moreover, the term POD has been adopted and used extensively in the marketplace by consumers as an abbreviation to refer to Apple's player.""...Apple, of course, has no general objection to proper use of the descriptive term 'podcast' as part of a trademark for goods and services offered in the podcasting field, it cannot allow marks that go beyond this legitimate use and infringe on Apple's rights in POD and IPOD."
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