sorcerer123
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA
I have several products similarly named, for example; ABC something, ABC Storage Server, ABC Record Server, … My company is not named ABC.
Suppose ABC is a very popular company name in the industry which my products are in. I have a few questions wrt trademark.
1/ Suppose there is a company named ABC in the same field, but their products have absolutely nothing to do with what my products are doing. Their products do not even begin with ABC. Am I infringing the trademark of their company when I use ABC as the initial of my products?
2/ Suppose there is a company named ABZ in the same field. Can this company accuse me that I am infringing the trademark of their company when I use ABC as the initial of my products (because they sound the same)?
3/ There is a company in Europe that sells a product with ABC initial. If I google the category of my product with the name ABC, this company’s site pops up. But they are in a completely different field Am I infringing their trademark just because when someone google searches ABC with the category of my products, this company’s site pops up? Will the same rules follow if this company is in US?
4/ Suppose one of my product is named ABCKITS and an international company in the same field has a similar product named ABCkit. Suppose the OEM of this ABCkit filed a trademark in another country a number of years ago (obviously, I just found out), and this product is selling in US for a number of years. I am infringing their trademark even though the spelling and capitalization of between the two names are different. Correct?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Thanks in advance.
I have several products similarly named, for example; ABC something, ABC Storage Server, ABC Record Server, … My company is not named ABC.
Suppose ABC is a very popular company name in the industry which my products are in. I have a few questions wrt trademark.
1/ Suppose there is a company named ABC in the same field, but their products have absolutely nothing to do with what my products are doing. Their products do not even begin with ABC. Am I infringing the trademark of their company when I use ABC as the initial of my products?
2/ Suppose there is a company named ABZ in the same field. Can this company accuse me that I am infringing the trademark of their company when I use ABC as the initial of my products (because they sound the same)?
3/ There is a company in Europe that sells a product with ABC initial. If I google the category of my product with the name ABC, this company’s site pops up. But they are in a completely different field Am I infringing their trademark just because when someone google searches ABC with the category of my products, this company’s site pops up? Will the same rules follow if this company is in US?
4/ Suppose one of my product is named ABCKITS and an international company in the same field has a similar product named ABCkit. Suppose the OEM of this ABCkit filed a trademark in another country a number of years ago (obviously, I just found out), and this product is selling in US for a number of years. I am infringing their trademark even though the spelling and capitalization of between the two names are different. Correct?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Thanks in advance.