panhead
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Beretta is a company brand selling firearms.
Trademark allows use of a term/name in another market segments where the trademark holder is not operating within. So one could use the exact same term for a wheel rim model name or indeed a company name for a business making wheels...
There is no need to get the firearm maker‘s permission, Beretta, to make wheels called Baretta, Beretta or such. Restrictions only apply if market confusion would be caused between manufacturers/products in the same market segment...
Now if the baretta wheels were advertised as ‘gun wheels’, that would be a problem
So I could sell gummy bears here as Microsoft?
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