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TL;DR A company that existed 2 years before my popular repo(15K+stars), with the same name as my repo, gave me a trademark infringement notice, with many demands. I am unsure about how to handle this in a safe way to protect the project and prevent any financial/legal issues.
Hey r/opersource. Need some help on how to deal with a trademark notice.
I started the superfile - A modern TUI file manager written in golang, in Mar 2024. It went ahead to gain good popularity and community support. Today we have 15.5K stars, 92+ contributors.
Now out of the blue, I got a cease and desist letter from www.superfile.com (Looks like they are older then me. Started 2021/2022) saying that I am using their commercial trademark and should stop immediately. Their demands :
- Take down the website
- Take down all public materials (They are asking to take it down, not rename. I am not sure if they are okay with rename as yorukot/superfile will still redirect to yorukot/<new_name>)
- Stop all sales and distribution
- Notify all users of non-affiliation with SuperFile®
- Cease all future infringement
Accusations
- I’m infringing on the SuperFile® Trademark
- My project is highly similar to the functionality of SuperFile’s SuperFile® product
- Also accused me of using superfile.dev that is supposedly diverting their consumers
Help needed
- How should I proceed ? I am pretty sure that I have to rename it. Right? Can I or should I try to prevent the rename ?
- Is renaming the project enough, or they are gonna ask more - like paying them, deleting the project entirely, etc.
- Anyone aware of a similar experience
- Am I liable for other usage of superfile name - youtube videos, github forks, package name in repositories ?
Note
- I am not attaching the entire notice for privacy reasons.
- I only have a few days to respond.
- The cease and desist letter comes from a different country than mine.