copyright criminal-law intellectual-property
Can Snapchat sue me if I use name &quot;Snap&quot; in my commercial project?
<p>I plan to name my commercial web project as ____Snap.
My website will be unrelated to what SnapChat is offering and in a different industry, but idea of short living content is the same.</p>

<p>The answer to the question "can so-and-so sue me?" is almost always "yes", regardless of context.  Such a suit might be baseless, and it might get settled in your favor, but you still have to spend the time and money to defend yourself.  This can be disastrous for a start-up that's trying to get off the ground, and it's how <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll" rel="noreferrer">patent trolls</a> make their money.  (I'm not accusing SnapChat of engaging in such tactics as a rule, of course;  I'm just pointing out that the legal system does allow for them.)</p>

<p>Whether or not you are <em>likely</em> to be sued is a separate question, and one that can really only be effectively addressed by a trademark attorney with full knowledge of the particularities of your situation.</p>
