Trademarks

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CGIllusion
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Dec 14, 2009 2:35 AM #524359
I am curious, if you pre/append a registered trademark with another word or number could you get in trouble. Like for example would you be able to make a company called "Microsoft 1" or "Sony Stuff" or "Coka Cola Drinks"? Or will they try and sue you for using their trademark inside your name?
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Dec 14, 2009 2:37 AM #524362
Sounds a little sketchy. I wouldn't want to find out the hard way.
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Dec 14, 2009 4:18 AM #524393
Does this help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark#Enforcing_trademark_rights

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Dec 14, 2009 11:16 AM #524450
i very highly doubt you can.
especially after hearing about a movie company being sued for making shitty movies that look like blockbusters (transmorphers when transformers was new, transmorphers:fall of man when transformers: revenge of the fallen was new). dumb people would buy/rent the shitty b movie and think they bought/rented that blockbuster movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockbuster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asylum