[citation][nom]Kryan[/nom]Can someone clarify this for me a little?If I now write "Lion" (obviously the capital "L" is THE important thing here) ... and it in some way features in my product (I can think of Lion Cereal, google it), then Apple can now sue me???or is this limited to software? computers?
http/www.lion.com/Home are those guys gonna get it from Apple now? please tell me that's NOT true...[/citation]
Most likely the Lion is only trademarked for IT related products by Apple. It is possible to have a trademark to be used by different industry without violating other same name trademark.
Example: Dove - Shower Gel and Dove chocolate. Both are from different industry but using the same name. They are trademarked under different category by 2 different company.
It is possible for Apple to trademark the word Lion across industries. Another thing to note, the trademark for Lion is only valid in US unless they do the same in other countries.
Burger King is already trademarked by some other guys in Australia, so they couldn't use that name, and instead known as 'Hungry Jack' there.