Is "ti" copyrighted?

Question

there is a car club who is abreviating there name ti and i want to find out if its copyrighted or not and i tried to google it but all i got was texas instruments

Answer 1

Only a body of work (like a book) can be copyrighted. A single word or a slogan can be trademarked, but usually protection is limited to the main business of the owner. For example TI on transistors or electronics means Texas Instruments, period. But TI used for other purposes like the club name is not infringing.

Answer 2

if it is registered trademark of somebody else in a different industry than yours you can use it. for example "Honda garage"was approved in India inspite of challange by Hero Honda group because the garage owners surname was Honda.