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by alok-g 4686 days ago
With reference to my comment here [1], here are the two weak points I see in what you wrote:

A. From a legal standpoint, AFAIK (IANAL), things that fall under the same trademark code are considered to be one industry. I have said this before in various discussions forums and while I am open to hear that I am wrong, no one so far as told me so. This means that "Computers, software, electronic instruments" are considered to be one industry [2] from a legal standpoint.

B. Even if the OP or you feel that you are in a very different industry, you/OP need to check your contracts for such IP issues before concluding that you do not have the same issues.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6245738 [2] http://www.tmweb.com/trademark_classes.asp