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

11 molszanski 4 8/13/2025, 7:07:54 PM old.reddit.com ↗

Comments (4)

gnabgib · 14m 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 · 7m ago
Thanks. I searched but failed to find it :/ Will drop this submission. THANK YOU!
molszanski · 30m ago
What would you do if random corp would come and try to hijack your open source identity?
raverbashing · 3m 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"