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by sp332 4778 days ago
Trademarks are registered for specific classes of goods and services, and don't apply outside of that class. That's why Apple could have a computer called a Macintosh even though McIntosh was already a registered trademark for a kind of apple. Also why they could use the term "Apple" without infringing the Apple Corps record group's trademark - until they started selling iPods.