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by mc32 928 days ago
It’d be like New York suing someone with a business by the name of Nova Iorque”

Or some gal selling “Eu ♡ NI!” stickers.

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Only if New York was a poor state in a poor country and the gal selling stickers was one of the biggest company in the world.
Nah, either they have a legal leg to stand on or they don't.

Now if Jeff and Co. had an issue with someone starting a company called 'A Amazonia', they defo would have a leg to stand on.

My initial comment was precisely to point out that this is not about being legal or not at all. It is a sort of “public image blackmailing”.