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0 points0xy4y ago0 comments

It costs less than $2,500 to file trademarks in the US, EU and UK which is plenty of coverage. OBS has received hundreds of thousands in funding, from YouTube, Twitch and Facebook as well as smaller patrons.

Maybe $5,000 if you're talking about high-touch legal help or the trademarks are dicey.

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oefrha4y ago· 3 in thread

OBS is the #10 most popular project on Open Collective[1] (plus other donations), so yeah, it is one of the top-earning FOSS projects that can afford it.

[1] https://opencollective.com/discover

iaxx4y ago

When StreamLabs came out with SLOBS, OBS didn't even have an OpenCollective or Patreon. They were still getting off the ground.

erk__4y ago

Including $50,000 from the owners of Streamlabs, Logitech

Warchamp74y ago

For what it's worth, Logitech made that contribution well before they bought Streamlabs

cpuguy834y ago· 2 in thread

It costs significantly more to defend your trademark. Registering your trademark is pointless if you can't also defend it.

eloeffler4y ago

Doesn't it at least protect you from someone else registering it and then suing you?

foepys4y ago

Not really. Registering, yes, but you can sue anybody at any time. You might lose but it doesn't prevent you from suing.

If you hold a trademark you are obligated to defend it. If you don't others can void it.

$2,500 would be about the average monthly gross income of a person earning $15/hr. And in terms of expendable income, that's an order of magnitude away of what people can shell out.

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