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But those are huge and well-established brands; using their names is likely in some cases to cause confusion amongst consumers. Preventing such confusion is, a
by snogglethorpe 14y ago
But those are huge and well-established brands; using their names is likely in some cases to cause confusion amongst consumers. Preventing such confusion is, as far as I'm aware, the goal of trademark law.
Moot-the-person on the other hand is quite obscure; nobody knows who he is or associates the word "moot" with him other than a small handful of people in one online community. I.e. it's not a well-established brand, and using the word isn't likely to cause confusion or mis-association for the general public.
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- veemjeem 14y agoTo the general public, no, but in this case the product is similar to 4chan, so users may be confused. If Moot.It had sold server hardware instead, I'm sure there would be no valid case.
- loceng 14y agoThe website isn't called Moot, though. That's where I see it being a grey area.