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Is using part of someone else's name a violation of trademark laws? I'm genuinely curious! I chose Creo because it means "to create" in Latin (I'm a sucker for

by VelNZ 6y ago

Is using part of someone else's name a violation of trademark laws? I'm genuinely curious! I chose Creo because it means "to create" in Latin (I'm a sucker for Latin names), with docs obviously being short for documents. I'd argue that Creo is just a generic word, it's not like the name is Leicadocs where that word is very firmly tied to a single company.

anonAndOn 6y ago
Potentially. If you stay away from mentioning or advertising anything related to their line of work (CAD software?) they'll have less of a claim of infringement. Also, trademark the name in NZ, if you haven't already. IANAL, YMMV, etc...