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singpolyma3 6 days ago

Too similar a name also only matters if you're in the same space and there is "risk of confusion" with customers

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croes 6 days ago | parent [-]

Tell that Apple

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gruez 6 days ago | parent [-]

If you're talking about apple music vs apple records, they actually got sued over it and they had to sign a licensing agreement with apple records to continue using apple music.

	▲	layer8 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I suspect that they had Apple Cinemas in mind: https://www.theverge.com/news/758192/apple-cinemas-lawsuit-r...
	▲	croes 6 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I'm talking about Apple's appeal against a german cafe named Apfelkind (Apple child) trademarking its logo because people could confuse it with Apple's. Judge for yourself https://scr.wfcdn.de/6759/Apple-vs.-Apfelkind-1319197155-0-0...
	▲	LocalH 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The end result of all that fighting over the years was that Apple Computer gained full rights to the mark, and licenses it to Apple Corps for the limited use of identifying Apple Corps and related marks.