When you trademark a term, the trademark is usually scoped to a context (eg industry, product type). So, unrelated trademarks can exist with the same name, scop

When you trademark a term, the trademark is usually scoped to a context (eg industry, product type). So, unrelated trademarks can exist with the same name, scoped to a different context. See eg, https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-trademark-a-similar-name-in-a-different-indu-69533.html https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-trademark-a-similar... Of course, IANAL