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After 8 months of waiting, OpenShot has finally been officially registered as a US Trademark! This is great news, as it protects the name and branding of OpenShot, and ensures we won't have to choose a new name at some point.
When I first announced the name "OpenShot" on this website, I was soon contacted by a company who claimed I had "lifted" their name. This began an 8 month battle to trademark the name. So, you see, this is a big moment for me, as it means the name is finally safe, and I can return my focus on the things that really matter, like the next version of OpenShot!
April 1, 2010 8:22 PM
Congratulations guys! =D
April 2, 2010 9:58 AM
what a stress process.
I hope you won for good :-)
April 3, 2010 2:47 PM
Very good for you and for every pepople of the free software.
Congratulations and very much good luck
April 3, 2010 4:51 PM
It is registered only in USA?
How much cost it?
How long is this registration valid?
April 3, 2010 8:30 PM
@markinfo:
Yes, it's US-only, it costs $325, it's valid for 10 years, and it can be renewed.
April 4, 2010 9:42 AM
Not that I"m a skeptic or anything, but is there any significance to the fact that the announcement was made on April 1?
April 4, 2010 10:23 AM
I hope there is no significance to announcing this on April 1st. This is a true story. Thanks!
April 5, 2010 10:35 AM
Congratulations Jonathon!
Btw, a while back I bought openshot.org and redirected it to openshotvideo.com. I could never find a direct contact to let you know and had other things to do. This blog post seems appropriate to announce it in.
If you ever want me to transfer the domain to you just let me know, it is my gift to the community. However, the only thing I request in return is that you keep the redirect in place as it is much easier for me to type.
Cheers,
Elijah Lynn
April 5, 2010 1:08 PM
@Elijah,
Thanks for registering openshot.org! Very cool. You can contact me at Jonathan.Oomph at gmail.com. It would be great to have this domain, so yes, I am interested in accepting your donation. =)
Thanks!
-Jonathan
April 5, 2010 9:12 PM
Great Jonathon!
You have mail!
April 5, 2010 10:55 PM
contratulation!
8)
April 6, 2010 6:34 AM
Nice! Love the video editor. I hope the next version will have the ability to add text to the video.
April 14, 2010 8:01 AM
OMG... gratz, gratulations... is very nice this.... go, go, go team openshot :D... un abrazo a todos :o,
see you later
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April 15, 2010 7:04 AM
first of april??? :-D
April 15, 2010 10:49 PM
Congratulations! Both on the trademark and the great piece of software!
April 21, 2010 11:28 PM
Thank you for making this program, first time i tried to install this i failed and got a little angry bug when i now tried from the terminal it worked fine so i just had to donate 5 bucks :)
Keep up the work with this program is so important to make people switch from windows and mac, i like editing videos and that was one of the reason that kept me from switching to linux, but now i have Openshot so thank you very much! :)
May 3, 2010 10:49 AM
I almost thought this was an April fools joke until I saw the little tm next to the openshot logo.
August 18, 2010 9:54 AM
Funny, one of the names being considered for Lumiera was actually OpenShot. Or was it OpenCut? No, that sounded too dangerous :-)
Anyway, good to know that noone is going to steal your name. Lumiera should be pretty safe, noone was using that name before us.