We at Pivotal™ are thrilled to announce that we have successfully trademarked the terms "pivotal," "to pivot," and "a pivot" (see our official trademark certificate). We've long tolerated the unauthorised and, frankly, inflationary use of these terms, but the situation has reached a tipping point. So we're forced to take this pivotal™ action.
What does this mean for you?
Moving forward, any post on the EA Forum containing the aforementioned trademarked terms will be automatically tagged with our EA forum tag by our proprietary AI system.[1]
- Furthermore, our system will automatically detect and gently correct unauthorized synonyms such as 'crucial', 'important', or 'critical', replacing them with the legally compliant term 'pivotal™'.
- At this stage, we have decided not to pursue legal actions against community members inadvertently infringing our trademark. Instead, they will simply be considered an automatic applicant to our upcoming research fellowships.
We appreciate your understanding and enthusiastic compliance. Please note, we will not be answering any further questions.[2]
Executive summary: Pivotal™ claims to have trademarked terms like "pivotal," "to pivot," and "a pivot," and will implement automated systems on the EA Forum to tag and correct usage of these terms and their synonyms.
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Oddly I used to work at Pivotal[1] - have very fond memories of the London office with its full breakfast every morning...
Has since been acquired by VMware and gradually killed, and then VMware was acquired again by Broadcom who have really really killed it
There's almost no mention of it online now as the brand has been killed off
I trust that you'll enforce this trademark against anyone who takes any actions with an unduly large impact on the world, requiring them to first apply for a license to do so.