Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30049823-20200205064906/@comment-30049823-20200206045855

Well, the company name is kinda fluid because ownership of the intellectual property changed hands over the years. The instructions are still available today on hasbro.com, but they were printed with (c)1994 Kenner, a division of Tonka Corp (huh, never realized Tonka owned Kenner!)

But yeah, trademarks on common words are almost invariably limited to a given industry or product line. So I think that story deserves a big fat "[citation needed]" caveat on it.