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Re:Why trademark Open Source software by burnt1ce on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:38AM (#26250251)
I can't view the article (seeing "Error establishing a database connection"). But isn't trademark prohibitively expensive and (traditionally) applies to just one country?
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Re:Why trademark Open Source software by veesahni on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @10:43AM (#26251083)
Some trademarks (like those for EU) cover all member states.

Getting "global protection" for your trademark is expensive and requires filing in multiple countries. It does rack up both legal and filing fees.

But just a US trademark is not prohibitively expensive... and would mean you would get registered trademark rights that could be enforced in a US court.

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