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And that would totally not infringe on anything else, right.


It probably wouldn't, because it would be clear that it's got nothing to do with Valve the gaming software company. Trademarks aren't blanket coverage of any possible uses of a name.


Not really, there are rigid categorisation of trademarks (Nice Classification). All software is in Class 42 (https://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nclpub/en/fr/?basi...) so Valve would actually have standing here.

PS: Nice here refers to the French town (compare to Berne Convention, Geneva Convention, Treaty of Paris), not the common meaning in English.


Thanks for pointing that out


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