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Re:Show HN: I built Creodocs, a document creation platform b... by VelNZ on Thursday April 01, 2021 @09:24PM (#26668271)
Is using part of someone else's name a violation of trademark laws? I'm genuinely curious!

I chose Creo because it means "to create" in Latin (I'm a sucker for Latin names), with docs obviously being short for documents.

I'd argue that Creo is just a generic word, it's not like the name is Leicadocs where that word is very firmly tied to a single company.

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Re:Show HN: I built Creodocs, a document creation platform b... by anonAndOn on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:02PM (#26668415)
Potentially. If you stay away from mentioning or advertising anything related to their line of work (CAD software?) they'll have less of a claim of infringement. Also, trademark the name in NZ, if you haven't already. IANAL, YMMV, etc...
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