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				<title><![CDATA[you can be in different industri]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[you can be in different industries and still infringe.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks to both of you!&nbsp; I`m]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks to both of you!&nbsp; I`m definitely not discouraged, the short answer is really "better safe than sorry!"]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 9:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[True true, I just didn`t want Ro]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[True true, I just didn`t want Ross to be discouraged by the use of a similar tag line registered by a company in a completely different industry.&nbsp; CERTAINLY look to your Trademark attny. for answers, but don`t abandon ship until you know for sure, as [...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Leslie,This is not always the ca]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Leslie,This is not always the case, especially in the case of trademark dilution.&nbsp; Trademark dilution is a federal law forbidding the use of a famous trademark in a way that
would lessen its uniqueness. In most cases, trademark dilution invol]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 9:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[If the industries are completely]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[If the industries are completely different then it should not be a problem.&nbsp; (nobody looking at Delta Faucets in The Home Depot thinks they are supporting their friendly neighborhood airline)]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 9:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Generally this test applies for ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Generally this test applies for marks within the same product or service class, however there are exceptions.&nbsp; Trademark dilution can occur even amongst different classes if a trademark has achieved "famous" status.&nbsp;&nbsp; I recommend you work wi[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 9:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[If I understand registered trade]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[If I understand registered trademarks correctly, the confusingly similar test only holds up if you are within the same industry.&nbsp; Can anyone confirm this for me?We`ve come]]></description>
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