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IANAL. Copyright isn't an issue. This is purely about trademarks. The TLD is probably, or at least possibly, not considered when evaluating whether a consumer
by staunch 15y ago
IANAL. Copyright isn't an issue. This is purely about trademarks.
The TLD is probably, or at least possibly, not considered when evaluating whether a consumer would be confused.
Are your businesses/products/brands confusingly similar? Are you in the space general space? Have you seen what areas they have applied for/received trademarks for?
If they're selling dishwashers and you're doing a SaaS app you're probably fine. If they're a search engine for dogs and you're a directory of cats you're probably treading on thin ice.
IANAL x 10.
- ecaroth 15y agoThe reason I mentioned the TLD is because that is specifically part of the name of my product/company. ie my product is "Foo.me" and would never be labelled, branded, called, marketed, etc without the tld attached, whereas the other company's product is just "Foo".
- staunch 15y agoI know. I think it could only help you to do it that way but not sure the USPTO or a judge will agree with the distinction.