DeepKit Story: how $160M company killed EU trademark for a small OSS project

21 molszanski 6 8/13/2025, 7:07:54 PM old.reddit.com ↗

Comments (6)

molszanski · 3m ago
Poster here: This post is a duplicate. I did hit the hide button. I don’t understand why it still gets traffic. Please go to the OP post and upvote it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44883634
gnabgib · 38m ago
Post from the OP on HN (27 points, 18 hours ago, 3 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44883634

Also partially discussed in a bad-link submission (48 points, 18 hours ago, 6 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44883561

molszanski · 31m ago
Thanks. I searched but failed to find it :/ Will drop this submission. THANK YOU!
molszanski · 54m ago
What would you do if random corp would come and try to hijack your open source identity?
bawolff · 20m ago
Did they actually try and hijack their identity? Hijack to me implies actively trying to steal their reputation. Sounds more like the name wasn't particularly unique and they independently decided they wanted to use that name.
raverbashing · 27m ago
Honestly just cut your losses and move on

Google Analytics is not something that's "trademark used for actual trade"

Is the big company being a jerk? 100% But then sign m again the project is self-described as a "small OSS project"

I can understand it being handled like that as it prevents "trademark squatting"