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by WalterGR 5582 days ago
Yes, the name "Circles" is awesome.

Yup. Circles was also the name of social groups in Microsoft's threedegrees software.
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pbhjpbhj 5582 days ago
WRT to the sibling post I'd be inclined to think that circles being such a common synonym/abbreviation for "social circles" that it lacks sufficient distinctiveness to indicate the origin of a product related to social networking.

If they wanted an RTM then they should have gone for a misspelling.

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malnourish 5582 days ago
Is that in a similar enough field for trademark infringement?
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