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something I realized over the weekend. Subaru's in car tech is called Starlink (emergency services, etc), how does the Musk owned Starlink use the

Posted by tRuMAN (aka tRuMaN) Apr 20 '21, 09:51

same name?

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Until today I forgot Subaru still existed. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 10:12 6
- We own an Outback. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 10:44 1
  - I see them around, but they never look *new*. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 11:17
- How? They have 2 of the top 20 selling vehicles of the last few years. - JaxSean Apr 20, 10:19
- They're actually great cars. - pmb Apr 20, 10:17
- What would the lesbians drive otherwise? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 10:14 1
  - Choppers. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:06
*puff puff pass* -- nm - Elon stoned Apr 20, 10:10
I would argue there are probably enough Sub owners thinking "I guess my car gets internet from Elon?" to cause a challenge, but USPTO decides. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 10:02
One of them has to change it to Starkink. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 09:56 1
- STONKSLink -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 10:09
They can both use it, from what I've found. One is cell-based vehicle service tech, the other uses satellite technology, so they aren't "the same." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 09:55 5
- Yup. The trademark infringement analysis starts by looking at the trademarks themselves (and how similar they are) and the goods or services ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 10:02 4
  - Though the Apple one started out with an agreement that the computer company could use the name as they were never going to do anything music related - JD Apr 20, 10:08 1
    - Exactly. A notorious bit of history in trademark law. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 10:54
  - meanwhile I registered for "ECD" and the govt checker at first said "that's too close to the Economic Developers Association of Canada" - Max Apr 20, 10:07 1
    - There's an analyzer company by that time but that's pretty niche -- (link) - JD Apr 20, 10:10
I guess there's no market confusion so they can use the same name. It happens sometimes. - Krusty Apr 20, 09:54
i thought starlink was an independent company? I assume both just use it? (i could be very wrong, of course) -- nm* - Andie Apr 20, 09:52

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