Trademark Help Please

VEPS

For arguments sake, lets say there is an active trademark for the words "Lame Duck".  They sell pictures of lame duck presidents.
And I am planning to call my LLC "Lame Duck Enterprises LLC".  And I would like to create a brand and logo.   The logo will be of a duck with a broken leg and perhaps somewhere in the logo the words "Lame Duck".  My business would be an online service on how to take care of injured ducks.
 
Is there trademark infringement on my part?  Could I use "Lame Duck" since both businesses have nothing in common whatsoever?  or do I have to change it up for my logo and maybe add a word or phrase, "Lame Duck Doctors", "Lame Duck Services" etc...
 
Is the LLC name infringing on the active trademark?
 
Any input would be appreciated.
 
Greg

patentandtrademark

maybe yes, maybe no.  the marks are fairly similar but the goods are not very similar.
 

Innovator7

Why not be more creative and come up with a better trademark?
My company name is 1-Solar.  A CEO-wannabe proposed to change it to Ten Rivers, so he could name our products with names of rivers.  I hate that name, and didn`t get him as CEO.
On the other hand many people like my company`s name. Many things we do have to do with "1".
Good trademarks have no direct link to the product or service, such as Java for software.

patentandtrademark

It is true that some of the "best" trademarks are not overly descriptive of the goods/services.  One counter-example is American Airlines.