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Too similar a name also only matters if you're in the same space and there is "risk of confusion" with customers

• croes 1y ago
  Tell that Apple
  • gruez 1y ago
    If you're talking about apple music vs apple records, they actually got sued over it and they had to sign a licensing agreement with apple records to continue using apple music.
    • layer8 1y ago
      I suspect that they had Apple Cinemas in mind: https://www.theverge.com/news/758192/apple-cinemas-lawsuit-response https://www.theverge.com/news/758192/apple-cinemas-lawsuit-r...
    • LocalH 1y ago
      The end result of all that fighting over the years was that Apple Computer gained full rights to the mark, and licenses it to Apple Corps for the limited use of identifying Apple Corps and related marks.
    • croes 1y ago
      I'm talking about Apple's appeal against a german cafe named Apfelkind (Apple child) trademarking its logo because people could confuse it with Apple's. Judge for yourself https://scr.wfcdn.de/6759/Apple-vs.-Apfelkind-1319197155-0-0.jpg https://scr.wfcdn.de/6759/Apple-vs.-Apfelkind-1319197155-0-0...