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I am curious how it is not a trademark infringement? Can someone please explain? Skype was sued in UK for using letters "S,K,Y" by brand "Sky" and lost [1] [
by coolspot 8y ago
I am curious how it is not a trademark infringement?
Can someone please explain?
Skype was sued in UK for using letters "S,K,Y" by brand "Sky" and lost [1]
[1] - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32593735 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32593735
- jamesgeck0 8y agoIn the US, similar trademarks are fine as long as they're in different industries. See https://www.estesrockets.com/ https://www.estesrockets.com/ and https://www.estes-express.com/ https://www.estes-express.com/ for example.
- userbinator 8y agoUnfortunately there's https://spectrum.im/ https://spectrum.im/ which is a bit close for comfort; compare: https://spectrum.chat/ https://spectrum.im/
- quickthrower2 8y agoThat's so ridiculous! This is the hypothetical confusion scenario: "Oh I want to waste a tonne of money watching sports and uglify my house with a dish. Ah Skype! They do that, I'll call them up and get an install done this week." Calls them up and Skype taking advantage of the trademark confusion pocket some money from their Skype dish installation.
- dingaling 8y agoThey weren't sued, it wasn't in the UK and the rejection was about the combination of the name Skype with a generic-looking cloudish logo. Subsequent they made a logo from the S alongside the word Skype and registered it successfully.