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by manastungare 3472 days ago
Trademarks, if not enforced, can be struck down, so it is unlikely that a company will simply ignore a case of trademark infringement when it is so easily confused with the trademarked products, including logos, colors, fonts, and overall functionality.
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I think trademarks are applicable for specific verticals, it is Ok for two separate companies to have Apple as trademark for consumer electronics and say travel agency (http://www.applevacations.com/).
While this may be true, I think associating "Google" with "search engine" doesn't exactly imply separate business domains.
Yeah, I commented mostly about AppleInsider case, which is in more grey zone.