@theo I once owned clippy(dot)so. Really wanted to build an AI product around it. Stopped from doing it after seeing Microsoft owns Clippy trademark. Messing up with them is a default legal thing.

@theo I found the following marks owned by Nova Labs "HELIUM MOBILE" (Live), "HELIUM MOBILE SPOT" (Dead), and "MOBILE" (Live). There is a word mark "Helium" owned by DECENTRALIZED WIRELESS FOUNDATION, INC. There are a few other "Helium" word marks owned by other entities. So (1) the

@theo bro said he’s a OSS advocate then proceeds with legal threats 😭😭😭

@theo "we registered Helium under class 38 and 42..." congrats, welcome to the club:

@theo This reminds me of the Figma vs Lovable "Dev Mode" lol https://x.com/antonosika/statu...

@theo This guy should work for Nintendo

@theo I think it's ridiculous that they trademark a chemical element like 'Helium' for tech services (similar to how Ford did with 'Mercury' for cars) and sending a cease-and-desist over an open-source fucking browser using the name feels absurdly childish.

@theo They must enforce their trademark to not lose it. It doesn't mean there will be a case, but they must show that they tried to enforce their "Rights". @TheLegalMindset did a good video on a similar topic.

@theo it would be fun to gather all the other companies that have registered under the "helium" brand name and fight a death match for the final name rights

@theo "3) that does not necessarily mean we are going to sue anyone, or that there aren't reasonable outcomes. we have co-existence agreements with other Helium's for exactly this reason. it is purely logistics and process" -> proceeds to send legal threats. What?

@theo But is it that bad to want to enforce their legal rights? Like i don't think you would love if someone did a message app called t3chat right? Also it doesn't make a lot of sense to name your company with the same name as other bigger one I know it is an chemical element

@theo Coming from web3 infrastructure space and @solana ecosystem, the first exposure I had to Helium as a company was the cellular network. When the browser was announced I was confused why @amirhaleem would make one but thought it was a play to tie in with the mobile network. 🤷‍♂️

@theo How the fuck does someone own a trademark for the word helium?

@theo bro has the chance to do the funniest thing ever

@theo tfw u don’t know the open-source pedigree of the folks ur talking shit about 🍿

@theo Someone ping me if they do a crowdfunder if they get sued because like Theo I and probably many others would like to contribute to their legal defence

@theo In this weeks episode, Theo discovers The Law and is upset.

@theo To be crystal clear, this is how the whole thing should have gone down Amir fucked up

@theo sending a cease and desist to earth rn

@theo So we’re trademarking chemical elements now? 🤣

@theo trademarking a literal element… then proceeds to be whiny on twitter and an asshole?? insane shame on you @amirhaleem

@theo theo gang you might need to let this go like the thing with ffmpeg lmao

@theo how can I support wukko

@theo 1) he is going to lose most probably 2) those 2 guys will get huge exposure Win win

@theo Helium is actually popular and they are infringing on a trademark, they are both making software, not sure whats hard to understand here lol

@theo wtf did I just see

@theo “I have no idea who you are”, okay so then quickly look Theo up? Use a browser, might I suggest, helium browser.

@theo I'm no expert but this seems like an unusually broad trademark "4) pretty much all things Helium on the internet (.com, GitHub, X, YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, whatever) belong to us. it is not crazy to expect confusion her"

@theo me rn 🍿

@theo Wasup with this US comoanies that love to do legal threats around trademarks. This happened to me a while ago, total lack of respect to do something like that.

@theo legal slop

@theo You are having a tantrum because you think you have enough money to ignore normal business processes. This is unhinged behavior. There's no malice anywhere, and you are spinning around swinging your fists.

@theo You're attacking an open source project built by thousands. We are not the same.

@theo Fuck his world up Theo

@theo seems pretty procedural to me

@theo Trademark depends on the country. Just release the browser under a different jurisdiction not everywhere can you use common names for trademarks