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Doesn't similarity of the domain matter? A tablet is a lot similar to a desktop computing environment than an ML tool for science labs.
by foota 3y ago
Doesn't similarity of the domain matter? A tablet is a lot similar to a desktop computing environment than an ML tool for science labs.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoThey're both software. Trademark classes are about distinguishing entirely different fields: a food brand called "GNOME" isn't a conflict with a piece of software, but another piece of software is. Here's a list of the USPTO's trademark classes: https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/trademark-classes-the-complete-list https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/trademark-classes-the-com... "Computer and software products and electrical and scientific products" is a single class.
- foota 3y agoNot that you're wrong, but thats a hilariously broad category (it also includes almost all electronics)
- CuriousCosmic 3y agoThey both fall in that same class but they are unlikely to be misconstrued for each other. To my knowledge, GNoME doesn't actually have a user interface vs GNOME which is well... the user interface. It is unlikely that there will be any misconstruing of GNoME the material synthesis lab project and GNOME the UI framework/user interface. This compares to Groupon's gnome which was a point of sales endpoint and user interface of its own. There could be an argument made that those products could have conflicting name but I don't think that's the case for GNoME.