Biro Kettle wins

( SuperMatt, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:08, archived)

Except biro is a brand name.
spastic.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:09, archived)

Actually, I believe Bic is the breand name
and biro is the generic term.
Fuck you, you twat-faced shit-cunt.
( SuperMatt, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:15, archived)

I think you'll find ballpoint pen is the generic term.

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:21, archived)

There is no ballpoint pen.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:24, archived)

lololol

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:25, archived)

Spastic.
"The company's intellectual property department keeps a close eye on the media and will often write to publications who use its trade name without a capital letter or as a generic term for ballpoint pens, in order to preserve its trademark."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_B%C3%ADr%C3%B3
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:23, archived)