• jj4211@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Yes, and it’s an excellent example that Apple the record label trademark was valid yet Apple the computer company could use it in a separate context, but had to change when they did iTunes.

    Here it’s squarely in the same market. The cited example of customer confusion about a concert event works strongly in their favor.

    • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      It does work in their favor, even I personally disagree with the concept that you can trademark existing common terms in a restrictive way. It’s been going on for over half a century, so that fight has been lost.