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verdverm on Aug 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Copyright infringement in AI art

Trademarks are actually much cheaper than that, I paid a few thousand dollars for mine. The price range your quoting is more typical of patents

clcaev on Aug 15, 2022 | [–]

You can lose your trademark if you do not actively enforce violations. Hence, the full cost of a trademark should include its legal maintenance.

verdverm on Aug 15, 2022 | | [–]

that is an unknown quantity which one cannot estimate

nl on Aug 15, 2022 | [–]

Was it international? And in how many categories?

It adds up very quickly.

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