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segmondyyesterday at 9:28 PM1 replyview on HN

so they own the trademark to Clawd? Or is it suppose to be Claude?


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runakotoday at 2:34 AM

PTO has a page on this:

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion

The example in question is a Trademark for "T. Markey" and the conflicting mark is listed as "Tee Marqee".

Reasonableness is a thing here. Every person in this thread knows why it was called Clawdbot and not (say) Peterbot or cronbot. That we all know that reason is the problem.

Edit, the USPTO does in fact make this blindingly easy to find:

https://www.uspto.gov/page/about-trademark-infringement

"How do I know whether I'm infringing?" --> "The key factors considered in most cases are the degree of similarity between the marks at issue and whether the parties' goods and/or services are sufficiently related that consumers are likely to assume (mistakenly) that they come from a common source."