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After reading the albeit messy thread, no, it seems the names of the filters are the issue. They are trademarked. So the developer prepended them with the lette

After reading the albeit messy thread, no, it seems the names of the filters are the issue. They are trademarked. So the developer prepended them with the letter 'i' two hours ago. I'm not sure the developer understands the issue properly. You can't use someone else's trademarks in your competing product as if they were your own marks.

Kye 4y ago
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- theCrowing 4y ago
  How do you know if he's not a lawyer? You are dashing out assumptions left and right and are criticizing others for it. And yes, they have trademarks and patents for part of their UI and product names. You can easily check them out by using the uspto website.
  - Kye 4y ago
    >> "How do you know if he's not a lawyer?" I checked first. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Anulbyte%20%22not%20a%20lawyer%22&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... >> "You can easily check them out by using the uspto website." I actually couldn't! I looked as best as I could. Their search engine is horrible. Maybe you could offer a link rather than make uncharitable assumptions. edit: >> "No, I am not your servant." Asking you to show your work is not asking you to be a servant. edit: since HN won't let me reply anymore (rate limit) >> "What work? I told you how to look up trademarks and patents. I can do it again: If you want to look up trademarks and patents you can use the search function on the uspto website." As I said: I did. Nothing came up that had anything to do with these filters. Feel free to keep arguing with phantoms here. I'm moving on since you clearly aren't paying attention.
    - theCrowing 4y ago
      No, I am not your servant. What work? I told you how to look up trademarks and patents. I can do it again: If you want to look up trademarks and patents you can use the search function on the uspto website. You are the one who is desperately trying to make a point without putting any work into it despite, as seen in the other comments in this thread and on mastodon, that the problem we are discussing is exactly the problem they face. lmao
- jjulius 4y ago
  >You're way more confident than I was in my comment, and I don't think you can justify it. I don't get this reaction. They're not aggressively disagreeing with you or belittling you, they just seem confident in their view of the situation. It's OK to disagree.
subpixel 4y ago
Pixelfed: just remove filters. They’re a relic of a time when phone cameras were basic.
antiterra 4y ago
I’d like to introduce Hacker News to my new mobile device, the iiPhone! I’m sure Apple will leave me alone, because the name is different.
- Kye 4y ago
  Cisco actually sued Apple over this. They settled.
  - antiterra 4y ago
    I’m sure I could afford that!
  - ec109685 4y ago
    Not exactly. Cisco had a product called the iPhone (versus suing because they had a product called Phone that Apple added i in front of)
- andrewshadura 4y ago
  Coming up next: iiiPhone, ivPhone, vPhone, etc.

Kye 4y ago

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theCrowing 4y ago
How do you know if he's not a lawyer? You are dashing out assumptions left and right and are criticizing others for it. And yes, they have trademarks and patents for part of their UI and product names. You can easily check them out by using the uspto website.
- Kye 4y ago
  >> "How do you know if he's not a lawyer?" I checked first. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Anulbyte%20%22not%20a%20lawyer%22&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... >> "You can easily check them out by using the uspto website." I actually couldn't! I looked as best as I could. Their search engine is horrible. Maybe you could offer a link rather than make uncharitable assumptions. edit: >> "No, I am not your servant." Asking you to show your work is not asking you to be a servant. edit: since HN won't let me reply anymore (rate limit) >> "What work? I told you how to look up trademarks and patents. I can do it again: If you want to look up trademarks and patents you can use the search function on the uspto website." As I said: I did. Nothing came up that had anything to do with these filters. Feel free to keep arguing with phantoms here. I'm moving on since you clearly aren't paying attention.
  - theCrowing 4y ago
    No, I am not your servant. What work? I told you how to look up trademarks and patents. I can do it again: If you want to look up trademarks and patents you can use the search function on the uspto website. You are the one who is desperately trying to make a point without putting any work into it despite, as seen in the other comments in this thread and on mastodon, that the problem we are discussing is exactly the problem they face. lmao
jjulius 4y ago
>You're way more confident than I was in my comment, and I don't think you can justify it. I don't get this reaction. They're not aggressively disagreeing with you or belittling you, they just seem confident in their view of the situation. It's OK to disagree.

subpixel 4y ago

Pixelfed: just remove filters. They’re a relic of a time when phone cameras were basic.

antiterra 4y ago

I’d like to introduce Hacker News to my new mobile device, the iiPhone! I’m sure Apple will leave me alone, because the name is different.

Kye 4y ago
Cisco actually sued Apple over this. They settled.
- antiterra 4y ago
  I’m sure I could afford that!
- ec109685 4y ago
  Not exactly. Cisco had a product called the iPhone (versus suing because they had a product called Phone that Apple added i in front of)
andrewshadura 4y ago
Coming up next: iiiPhone, ivPhone, vPhone, etc.