The purpose of trademark law is to keep you from purchasing some other product by mistake from a disreputable company that disguises its product as the one you actually want.
Not quite. The purpose is to protect the intellectual property of those who originated the design. The right being protected here is a property right, not the right to "protection" against being tricked (since there is no such right).
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Gee, that must have been a real bummer of a day. What with all that other stuff that happened.
Not quite. The purpose is to protect the intellectual property of those who originated the design. The right being protected here is a property right, not the right to "protection" against being tricked (since there is no such right).