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I've organized a few hackathons in Germany and am pretty disgusted by finding this. I've already contacted a few fellow organizers to find out what we can do a
by Roritharr 14y ago
I've organized a few hackathons in Germany and am pretty disgusted by finding this.
I've already contacted a few fellow organizers to find out what we can do about this.
- addandsubtract 14y agoCall it Distrupathon
- unreal37 14y agoDoesn't a trademark have the same rules of a patent, i.e. "prior art"? Don't do anything. Let the company try and stop you.
- Roritharr 14y agoIn Germany they could stop me with a cease and desist i'd be court ordered to stop organizing an event until i can prove his claim wrong. But as i've mentioned in my other post, this won't happen, it seems the good guys trademarked it.
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- Roritharr 14y agoI've just heard through the grapevine that this was created as a protective trademark, to prevent the exact thing we're afraid was going to happen. An official statement from the CEO of the company will follow soon.
- NicoleSimon 14y agoAnd the earth is flat.