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[binarysneaker]

Nice tool. But marmite is a trademark, you may need to change it if Marmite claims infringement.

[encomiast → binarysneaker]

Aren't trademarks attached to specific goods and services? In other words the trademark protecting the yeasty food spread based does not prevent someone from using the word for something like a record label: https://www.marmiterec.com or a static site generator.

[sowbug → encomiast]

That's right, but beware the relatively recent* legal innovation of trademark dilution: https://www.inta.org/fact-sheets/trademark-dilution-intended.... This muddies the water.

*The US federal version of dilution law came into effect in the 1990s.

[4hg4ufxhy → encomiast]

You will find out in court

[369548684892826 → binarysneaker]

Unless OP branches out into developing tasty spreads I don’t think there can be a trademark dispute

[0cf8612b2e1e → 369548684892826]

Tasty marmite would be a distinct product space free of trademark.

[ladymarmite → binarysneaker]

'Marmite' has been a word in the French dictionary for centuries though (French word for 'pot').