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[–] DaBPunkt@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK you can only claim a trademark-violation if someone is (for example) selling stuff (so you couldn’t sell stuffed animals that look like an early Mickey for example).

[–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com 4 points 6 months ago

A trademark just has to be "used in commerce as a mark". In layman's terms, that basically means distributing goods or services with it as a logo or a name. A stuffed animal could be infringement, but using something a logo for your software is much closer to the classic infringement fact pattern.