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The Legality of Using the Name of a Sporting Event As an App Name

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geprouser

Junior Member
I wanted to know if I can use the name of a Golf tournament in the name of a mobile app that I'm developing.

The app is a Golf quiz app, can I name the app "US Open Golf Quiz"? Would that be fair use or infringing on a trademark? The name also appear once inside the app as a title but it does not contain the logo as shown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)
It states that it is not affiliated with the organizing body. The app is free and contains ads.

Thank you in advance.
 


Ohiogal

Queen Bee
I wanted to know if I can use the name of a Golf tournament in the name of a mobile app that I'm developing.

The app is a Golf quiz app, can I name the app "US Open Golf Quiz"? Would that be fair use or infringing on a trademark? The name also appear once inside the app as a title but it does not contain the logo as shown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)
It states that it is not affiliated with the organizing body. The app is free and contains ads.

Thank you in advance.
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