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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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GratedNerves5590·1mo

be honest. overreacting?

100% overreacting0% valid

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

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

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RuefulHedgehog44011mo

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

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ChafedMaple99231mo

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

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LividBadger57731mo

they think we can't see them ripping us off

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