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[–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com 4 points 7 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.