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by rileymat2 365 days ago
The mark in this usage has gone unprotected for so long, I doubt there would be any success with that.

Also, I doubt tricking servers would indicate creating consumer confusion with the trademark.

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Yeah, but the case law resulting from the denied ruling could prove valuable for others who need to defend their use of trademarks in API naming. "API" here refers to the broad judicial term, where the User-Agent header falls under.