Is &quot;swiss army knife&quot; a protected trademark?
<p>I want to create the slogan for my library (in the programming, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_(computing)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">library</a> is distributable pre-made code for reuse) like &quot;The Swiss army knife for type-safe TypeScript programmers&quot;). But can I use the &quot;Swiss army knife&quot; so simply? Is it the trademark?</p>

<p>&quot;Swiss Army Knife&quot; is indeed a trademark. Indeed, it is a very special trademark, because after the last of the Geneva Conventions was adopted, the use of the Swiss insignia used in the Swiss Army Knife's trademarked logo was prohibited except for grandfathered trademarks such as the one you identify.</p>
<p>But use of a trademark is infringing only when it is used in connection with the sale of a good or service to imply that the good or service sold is endorsed by or affiliated with the owner of the trademark. In the context you describe, the trademark is not being used in that fashion, and so it is not infringing.</p>

<p>There are many trademarks are related to the mark &quot;Swiss Army Knife&quot;. An analysis shows the category &amp; year distribution of thousands trademarks related to it. <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bBJZv.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bBJZv.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>If you look deeper in this distribution, surprisingly the latest &quot;Swiss Army Knife&quot; trademark was applied on Dec 30, 2021, and it's still pending. <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uOMuh.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uOMuh.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>I got this from <a href="http://www.huski.ai" rel="nofollow noreferrer">www.huski.ai</a>, just FYI.</p>

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