cogman comments on Died from reading this

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 123 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's even neater. The name of towns/cites cannot be trademarked. The safest thing you can do when naming a project is naming it after a town so you don't run into legal troubles in the future.

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[–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I wonder if Monster and Monster know about Monster

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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

You can eventually trademark once you get big enough. As with all things law it's a bit tricky. However, the default is that geographic locations aren't trademarkable.

For further reading on when you can trademark.

https://www.yospinlaw.com/2016/06/15/trademark-on-a-geographical-location

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[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

Who's going to take this as legal advice and name a project Apple?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/15sDygDQWBd8J9kUA

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