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Those two sentences are completely unrelated. The first sentence is false if the two companies have the same name. The second is true.
by coherentpony 13y ago
Those two sentences are completely unrelated. The first sentence is false if the two companies have the same name. The second is true.
- dangrossman 13y agoFirst, the companies don't have the same name. It's the name of a software package, not the company that created it. Second, that's not relevant, but is relevant to the rest of my comment. Trademark law does not bar two companies from having the same name. There are tens of thousands of companies with the same name. Most words have hundreds of separate listings in the trademark registry. Ever heard of Delta the airline, Delta the faucet company, Acme the laboratory, Acme the furniture company, Acme the grocery store chain, Apple the computer company or Apple the record label? Trademarks are limited both regionally and by the categories of goods and services the marks are registered under. If there is no likelihood of consumer confusion, there is not going to be infringement. Moonpig's trademark is limited exclusively to "printed matter, namely, books in the field of humor, stationery, greeting cards, and calendars".