Trademark Issue/Will I be sued when I open my company?

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Trademark Issue/Will I be sued when I open my company? 2016-01-06 03:22:32 Post No. 1027420
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Trademark Issue/Will I be sued when I open my company? JacobTheSmokeman 2016-01-06 03:22:32 Post No. 1027420 [Report]

Hi, I'm opening an LLC within the next couple weeks in illinois and am having trouble deciding if the name I want to take is a smart choice. Here's the scenario, a guy already in my state owns a company called JasonTheSmokeman. After hyping up the name I want with all my supporters, JacobTheSmokeman now I'm worried that he could possibly press some kind of charges towards me. What can I do trademark/patent-wise to keep myself out of trouble?

TLDR;
>new company next week w/ name "JacobTheSmokeMan"
>there already is a company called Jason the Smokeman
>Could I get in any trouble?

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Anonymous 2016-01-06 03:30:35 Post No.1027429
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Anonymous 2016-01-06 03:30:35 Post No.1027429 [Report]

>>1027420
Yeah, sounds like it. Oh well, that's one failed business under your belt now.

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Anonymous 2016-01-06 03:33:14 Post No.1027430
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Anonymous 2016-01-06 03:33:14 Post No.1027430 [Report]

how about you just think of a different name? because jacobthesmokeman sounds gay as fuck desu senpai

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JacobTheSmokeman 2016-01-06 03:35:44 Post No.1027435
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JacobTheSmokeman 2016-01-06 03:35:44 Post No.1027435 [Report]

>>1027429
Based off of what kind of knowledge? If he doesn't have a trademark on it could I trademark my name first and have a better chance?

>>1027430
It's not actually smokeman, that's just an alias I used for this post