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by tobylane 4573 days ago
The GP is suggesting you'll get a C&D for the use of the word Vine, not the use of what might be private APIs. This is where people get crafty (Instagram > Statigram). No good synonyms [1], and the name is so short that you easily leap from Wine to ShortVidClips - too near to too far.

http://thesaurus.com/browse/vine
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yolosolo 4573 days ago
The word "Vine" is in the dictionary, it does not solely serve the name of the Vine application. Also, none of the copyrighted logos / trademarks are used on the site. I'm not worried.
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Toucan 4573 days ago
Being in the dictionary or not doesn't matter. Trademarks like "Apple" are often dictionary words.
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