"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:36:04 -0800, Darren New wrote:
>
>> In the USA, you actually have to be in businesses that could be confused
>> before trademarks become a problem.  A trademark for an auto repair
>> company isn't ever going to conflict with the trademark for a microwave
>> dinner company, no matter how similar the logos.
>
> Yep, that's pretty much the case.  I found this out myself with regards
> to the name "Novell", because there's a jewelery company with the same
> name ("Novell Designs" IIRC).  Similar situation - because the products
> are in such different industries, nobody has a problem with the name
> being the same.

Cool.  Now I can sleep tonight.  :-)

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