_rkcg

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by _rkcg 1y ago
No, initially they tried to trademark "Deepki" in the US. It was not me blocking that, the USPTO itself decided to block the application on the grounds of "likelihood of confusion" to which Deepki could have appealed, bu
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by _rkcg 1y ago
lovely said! I think that's the right way to see things. somewhat forces me to give up on the mark, because nobody and nothing really cares about that in a few weeks, if not even days. On the other side, among the good things that you
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by _rkcg 1y ago
> "hmmmm, might be 99% non-EU, we don't care" That is what fascinates me the most. The basic assumptions of everything I presented was non-EU. Somewhat annoying, but seeing it objectively, I think it was a skill issue on m
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by _rkcg 1y ago
Following this logic, does this mean if I have a project name like ABC, and some company decided to incorporate in this name plus registering the trademark, I have to give up the name when they decide to come after me? Like I have a github.
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by _rkcg 1y ago
Right, but I think this case is interesting for the developer community as it targets specifically open-source use-cases, where you usually have neither extensive user per-country data, nor would you usually care about tracking, or have com
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by _rkcg 1y ago
So, you would spend several thousands of dollars to register a trademark to protect it from other corporations, and then the first thing you would do is give out the right to said corporation for 1000 bucks? I'm not an expert, but that
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by _rkcg 1y ago
No, I started to rename the repo and moved it to my personal account, out of frustration mainly. Not sure yet what the new name is going to be, or if I can keep the old one.
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by _rkcg 1y ago
I've written Apache Foundation, Software Freedom Conservancy, Free Software Foundation, and OpenSource Initiative, and asked for help. We will see. If OSS has no value to our law makers and the trademark needs to be deleted, that'
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by _rkcg 1y ago
That's a very good saying. I keep that in mind.
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by _rkcg 1y ago
I wrote B corps an email highlighting the issue and asking if this actions align with their principles. They seem to be very busy. It seems showing that your corporation accompanies positive social impact, fairness, and responsibility is in
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by _rkcg 1y ago
> decided to trademark your project name I decided to protect the name because I liked it and wanted to build upon it in the future. Be it OSS, or further commercial offerings. I hoped to get also protection against corporations that jus
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by _rkcg 1y ago
it's more like this: - They started as small firm in France, registered there the trademark Deepki, unrelated to software. - I created Deepkit around 2018, trademarked in US and EU with software category. - They raised substantial amou
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VC-backed company just killed my EU trademark for a small OSS project
854 points by _rkcg 1y ago|249 comments
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$160M VC-backed company just killed my EU trademark for a small OSS project
54 points by _rkcg 1y ago|8 comments