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Post #3861397
2026-07-16 13:36 UTC
@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange
IANAL but the difference is that those examples are products and AT Protocol is a protocol. When you trademark a protocol you are controlling use of the protocol, otherwise why not just put it into the public domain? It's like trademarking TCP/IP.
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@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange 2026-07-16 15:11
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online But there's no issue in saying "ATproto-compatible". Just as you're not claiming to BE ATproto, is sufficient. You could even make stickers with Mastodon Elephant beating up the butterfly with saying "MASTODON IS BETTER THAN ATPROTO" and that's also permitted. But trademark is usually the sanest of the 3 types of intellectual property.