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Curious about if the "duino" part of the name is a little too similar legally wise.


Note that while we don't attempt to restrict uses of the "duino" suffix, its use causes the Italians on the team to cringe (apparently it sounds terrible); you might want to avoid it. (It's also trademarked by a Hungarian company.)

It is covered here: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/FAQ

Clones and fakes: http://blog.arduino.cc/2013/07/10/send-in-the-clones/

As far as I can tell, they tend to focus more enforcement effort on companies who sell sub-par ripoffs and defects as genuine. It looks like stamping them out is a full time job.




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