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Trademark lawyers took the day off?

• scotu 9y ago
  IANAL but don't trademarks apply on specific markets? If that's so, I doubt bandaid has registered in the software market
  • ableal 9y ago
    Back in the day, there were VAX minicomputers and VAX vacuum cleaners in peaceful coexistence ... (Not to mention the Apple music label and Apple Computer.)
    • cristoperb 9y ago
      Apple and Apple did not exactly co-exist peacefully: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
    • sciurus 9y ago
      Until the janitor unplugs the computer to run their vacuum. ;-)
    • icebraining 9y ago
      Also the Linux detergents.
    • deleted 9y ago
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  • fenwick67 9y ago
    They do, but it's not that black-and-white, which leaves lots of room for disputes.
    • lulmerchant 9y ago
      On this note, I can't believe that iOS the operating system and IOS the operating system have managed to get along.
      • willglynn 9y ago
        Licensing agreement. https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco_and_apple_agreement_on_ios_trademark https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco_and_apple_agreement_on_io...
        • lulmerchant 9y ago
          Well, TIL...
• jaredhansen 9y ago
  Unlikely to be a lot of risk of consumer confusion here.
  • LarryPage 9y ago
    You're right, I'm going to call my next software project Ford Motor Company
• dsl 9y ago
  It looks like an attempt at reimplementing the same service at another big tech company with cough the exact same name.