Re: AC Question
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Ok, let me ask it this way, what is the overall negative effect of me making couches and naming them Ipodes (or any example where there is no fraud or attempts to deceive the customer?).
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Couches likely wouldn't bother Apple too much because the likelihood to confuse is relatively low. Try this one:
John Sears wants to open a corner hardward store called "Sears Hardware." No intention to deceive, John is just using his name on his store. The problem is that when people jump to the yellow pages or look up hardware stores, they will sometimes go to John Sears store (intending to go to Sears Roebuck) and end up purchasing there because they would have to otherwise travel across town to go to the other "sears" store and, well, John Sears happens to sell the screwdriver that they needed anyway.
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