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In Italy are there no laws about infringing another companies trademark property? Here in the US, If I started a company called Pepsi, LLC I'd get sued within m
by at-fates-hands 12y ago
In Italy are there no laws about infringing another companies trademark property? Here in the US, If I started a company called Pepsi, LLC I'd get sued within minutes of filing my business license.
It seems to me they have a very strong case for infringement based on using the exact same business name. Again, here in the US, even similar sounding business names are open to be sued:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244249 http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244249
http://the-llc-company.com/form-llc/trademark-infringement-business-name/ http://the-llc-company.com/form-llc/trademark-infringement-b...
The case that pretty much started it all, so much so, now the rules of infringement are often referred to as the "The Polaroid Factors":
https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tmcases/polaroid.htm https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tmcas...
- smcl 12y agoThe story as described by the GP is shortened for clarity, but apparently there was no bad blood between the teams when "Arduino Srl" was registered and it was believed one individual held that italian trademark on behalf of the team on good faith. It was only much later that Arduino Srl started the whole imitation game
- aij 12y agoTrademarks are per-country, not global. For example, the iFone vs. iPhone conflict in Mexico doesn't affect the rest of the world.