▲ 405 ▼ Christian metal band sues netflix because google won't show them anymore. (stereogum.com) submitted 6 days ago by HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 point 4 days ago (2 children) Surely, consumers will be confused as fuck when they try to purchase a demon hunter service and they end up with some weird metal band. If anyone's confusing the market it's the band! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago That's exactly what trademark doesn't cover. If it's different industries with no overlap it's fine. I have a Delta scroll saw at the house, and I've flown to Atlanta on Delta. They're different companies sharing a name, but that's okay because their products don't overlap. A more interesting example is Apple. Apple Records and Apple Commputers got info a trademark kerfuffle in the 2000s when Apple Computers started selling music on iTunes. permalink fedilink source parent [+] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 point 4 days ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago That's exactly what trademark doesn't cover. If it's different industries with no overlap it's fine. I have a Delta scroll saw at the house, and I've flown to Atlanta on Delta. They're different companies sharing a name, but that's okay because their products don't overlap. A more interesting example is Apple. Apple Records and Apple Commputers got info a trademark kerfuffle in the 2000s when Apple Computers started selling music on iTunes. permalink fedilink source parent