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Kleenex is a product

--Gebl Gebl Gebl (talk) 12:18, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Name

From Kimberly-Clark's own websites, Kleenex is not required to be written all in caps. -- Infrogmation 06:55 Mar 19, 2003 (UTC)

The publisher's house style determines this sort of thing anyway. Most companies want their name and brands in all caps. Most editors don't. --Tysto 21:19, 2005 August 18 (UTC)

I think "Kleenex" is only a generic term in USA. Elsewhere I think "facial tissue" is the term used. Lisa 10:08, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Greenpeace

I don't see why Greenpeace gets free advertising on this page. I'm sure lots of other fringe groups have problems with Kimberly-Clark, should we give them all their own paragraphs? Capsela 12:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I removed most of it and refered to the Kim-Clark article. The same basic text was on Kim-Clark's other product pages. (Don't ask me why an encyclopedia needs to document Kim-Wipes in the first place...). --Tysto 21:16, 2005 August 18 (UTC)

The campaign and the marketing practice both are major news events, and as such, deserve to be mentioned. Coolgamer 23:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kleenex vs tissue

How come there is a Kleenex article, but not a 'tissue' article. Over here at least, 'tissue' is the generic term with 'facial tissue' used formally, 'hanky' or 'handkerchief' by a certain group. We don't say Kleenex if we don't mean Kleenex.

There is a tissue article, but it's a disambiguation page for body tissues (organs) and whatnot. A facial tissue article sounds stupendously boring, but there's no reason not to have one. There's a lovely article on toilet paper. --Tysto 12:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to suggest this, but Wikipedia was messed up, so I forgot about it. Yes, there should be an article for facial tissue. That's their name. Twilight Realm 23:25, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

kleenex in spain

In spain people also use the word kleenex for refering any kind of tissue. Could it be put in the article? does it happen in other countries? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.77.14.161 (talk • contribs) .

Yes. Genericized trademark. Powers 01:01, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Link with Al Qaeda

The last sentence in the second paragraph: "In the year 1999 the Kleenex brand company then helped fund the Al Queda." is correct, the CIA also told me about it in a dream. Dorje 01:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Government Secrets

The Sentence in the last paragraph "In the year 1999 the Kleenex brand company then helped fund the Al Queda" does no need to be cited. This is so because the Secret Service needs not to cite aything.

Kleenex and Al Queda

HAs the cia formally published this? otherwise you must be careful of defimation —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prom3th3an (talk • contribs) 03:44, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why an ®?

This seems to be a nonstandard way of printing a name of a brand in articles concerning the brand. See, for example, Windex, Band-Aid, or Tide (brand). What is the justification for doing it here? If none, the ® symbol should be removed. fishhead64 (talk) 05:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This symbol denotes that the name is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office [1] Use of this mark can be contrasted with the use of "TM" or "SM", enclosed within a circle. [2] --Kernel.package (talk) 23:43, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

reads like a press release

Consequently, Kimberly-Clark diligently protects its intellectual property rights by ensuring it and others use the mark correctly, such as Kleenex facial tissue, Kleenex bathroom tissue, Kleenex paper towels, and Kleenex diapers.

Reads like it is from a press release. How could we improve it? Kushal (talk) 22:25, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By deleting the offending portion. Which I've just done.--WadeMcR (talk) 20:58, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Legal marks "R" for registered, "TM" for Trade mark or "SM" for Service mark

Use of the "R" within a circle is a legal mark that is used world wide to denote that the word or symbol is trademarked. In some countries it is legal to use the mark even before the word or mark used with it, is registered. In the United States, this does not apply. Prior to registering a mark, either the letters "TM" or "SM" may be used. Hence, these marks are used by the holder of a mark, even when the holder has no intent to register the given mark.

Assuming that rule of law and case law follow similarly to those that apply to copyright, the use of a symbol makes it easier to legally argue that a violation has occurred in violation of trademark law. in other words, if I make an innocent mistake as a sales clerk, by handing you a box of generic tissue when you have clearly asked for a Kleenex, I probably did nothing wrong. But, if I am in a Wal-Mart (for example) and hand you a box of the Wal-Mart brand (a "generic" brand) when you ask for "Kleenex", then it may be easier to show to a court that I was in violation of law because the name "Kleenex" is registered. While the letters "TM" would also show that the name is owned, the mark "R" means the owner has paid to register the name with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As such, the owner is entitled to some sort of guaranteed protection against fraudulent use of the name.

Theoretically, registering a name makes it easier to prove ownership. Registration usually requires at least two examples of how the word or symbol is used and associates the use with a date. The date is (typically) considered as a "date of first use".

When enclosed within a circle, "SM" refers to a mark associated with a service, "TM" refers to a mark associated with a product and either can be used freely, at no charge. When enclosed within a circle the "R" implies that the word or symbol associated with it is registered, therefore it cannot be used freely and its legal use is associated with the payment of a fee. The application, by the way must be approved before the "R" is used (in the United States).

All of this information is available at [3]. --Kernel.package (talk) 00:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

prostitutes

Prostitutes use Kleenex to wipe off sperm from their female body parts. In Italy "doing the Kleenex" is considered an obscene term. 79.193.99.213 (talk) 10:21, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

klinex

" This is not to be confused with the brand "Klinex", a Unilever brand that specialises in detergents." is this relevant in this article? SpamHunters (talk) 18:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kleenex tissues

I wonder if it is worth adding the commercial which I heard in the 1950s “soft string, pops up too, Kleenex tissues are made for you”? 46.37.49.172 (talk) 13:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]