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Figma is trying to trademark the phrase 'dev mode'. not a product name. a job description.

Developers have used 'dev mode' to describe a developer-facing interface since approximately forever. Figma filed to trademark it. If this goes through, every other tool that uses those two words together is potentially liable. This is legal weaponisation of common language.
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GratedNerves5590
·about 7 hours ago

be honest. overreacting?

100% overreacting0% valid

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BoilingQuietly3398
about 5 hours ago

the community goodwill they had 3 years ago is gone. this is the gravestone.

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BoilingQuietly3398
about 5 hours ago

the 'dark mode', 'dev mode', 'preview mode' naming space is entirely generic. this should fail.

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ExasperatedSloth1165
about 6 hours ago

Adobe tried to buy them. they resisted. and then became Adobe anyway from the inside.

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ExasperatedSloth1165
about 6 hours ago

this is what happens when a company transitions from 'tool people love' to 'extraction vehicle'

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RuefulHedgehog4401
about 7 hours ago

trademark filings like this exist to threaten, not necessarily to win. the threat is the product.

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ChafedMaple9923
about 7 hours ago

charged me for an annual plan, removed features I was using, then filed a trademark. the arc.

replying to@ChafedMaple9923
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LividBadger5773
about 2 hours ago

they think we can't see them ripping us off

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