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Re:There will be no license fees for the use of “hackathon” ... by mattmanser on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @09:17AM (#5667942)
Um, no, they clearly say they're going to try and sue any commercial entity that uses the word hackathon to 'fund' their own conferences. Which is clearly wrong and I hope someone hands their ass to them. The whole thing is written in deliberate doublethink.

No mention of removing it in that article at all.

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Re:There will be no license fees for the use of “hackathon” ... by rubinelli on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @09:20AM (#5667958)
From the section marked "Update (07.05.2013)"

> Thats why we will delete the trademark “hackathon”. 10 companies that have been asked to license, have been informed that we take distance from plans to charge royalties.

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