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Sahil,

I don't know anything about trademarks, service marks, etc but I do know that the product name "Surfer" has been in use for about 40 years in my industry, geoscience, by a company in Golden, Colorado. [0]

Maybe you can make a new product in a different industry and recycle the name. I don't know how that works but right now, you're playing in an established product's namespace.

[0]https://www.goldensoftware.com/products/surfer/



All that's needed is to extend the name with a modifier, which probably is a stronger branding IMO.

https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/

https://towey-websurfer.apponic.com/

Also many open source libraries have also used the name:

https://rubygems.org/gems/surfer

https://www.npmjs.com/package/surfer

etc




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