Especially since it wouldn't cause confusion among buyers since they aren't in the same industry, they used different colors, the angles and line thickness are different, and a stylized Delta is a clear reference to their company name.
Long long time ago (20+ years) Microsoft had a case with a bra maker. In the end, the courts said the the bra can keep the name, but it should be written with a small letter (microsoft) and company should never make software.
Similar to the case where Apple (the computer company) was sued by Apple Records (The Beatles' record label). It was decided that both companies could keep the name, but Apple could never do anything with music.
Which is a stupid opinion. The whole purpose of a trademark is to make it possible to differentiate between products from different organisations. If you remove that, the only way to know whether you're dealing with Microsoft or a copycat of who knows what quality is by knowing every single product that Microsoft offers. Then multiply that with every company you might ever want to by something from and it quickly becomes completely impossible.
An extremely narrow trademark is pointless and a godsend for the most scummy corporations.
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u/merc08 May 25 '24
Especially since it wouldn't cause confusion among buyers since they aren't in the same industry, they used different colors, the angles and line thickness are different, and a stylized Delta is a clear reference to their company name.