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Yeah, this seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Rename it to 'Solder' or something before that happens.

• celeritascelery 4y ago
  GitHub doesn’t own the copilot trademark. I would actually like to have these assistants called “copilots” instead of “coding LLM”. Since these are going to be a part of our lives let’s use a useful and memorable name.
  • gojomo 4y ago
    Simply via commercial use, Github could choose to assert a common-law trademark on 'Copilot' within their field-of-use. But also, they've registered "Github Copilot" at the USPTO: https://trademarks.justia.com/974/60/github-97460083.html https://trademarks.justia.com/974/60/github-97460083.html
    • pulvinar 4y ago
      Presumedly they would likewise register "Flux Copilot"?
      • gojomo 4y ago
        Do you think I could offer a custom-built Windows PC under the registered trademark "Gordon's Macintosh"?
        • pulvinar 4y ago
          Except that "copilot" doesn't appear to be registered by itself in this field, only in combinations. But we'll see.