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Pretty sure it doesn't matter, considering "Studio" is a common term...


Yes, like Candy.


Like Saga, you mean? I don't recall any cases around the word Candy, but The Banner Saga got hit.


Yeah, King trademarked "Candy" and had an app taken down from the App Store http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/21/5332560/what-kings-candy-tr...


Good lord, did they trademark Crush as well?


So is "Word". I would be equally surprised if Google released word processing software called "Android Word".


WordPerfect existed before MS Word


Which is clearly a different trademark despite the fact that they share one word that is key to describing the product's functionality. Might as well compare Burger King and Whataburger.


If I created a word processor called "Mike's Word Processor" I'm pretty sure I'd be good.


This reminds me of the Microsoft vs MikeRowSoft case [1], where Microsoft took legal action against a high schooler for a domain that was phonetically similar to their company name.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft




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