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WilliamP78249

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WilliamP78249··on My Custom Stream Deck Toolkit
It doesn't matter who had it first. I don't think Elgato has the deep bottomless pockets that Valve has. They both wouldn't stand a chance in court for years of litigation. I'm not saying it's fair but that's just the way it is in the US court system.
WilliamP78249··on My Custom Stream Deck Toolkit
Oh, well that's terrible naming then. I totally thought this was a PC gaming console. I wonder if Valve is going to try to fight a trademark in court because it's so similar.

This guy better be careful otherwise he could be stuck with huge legal fees depending how popular this gets. Seems early enough in product development that he could change it without problem.

WilliamP78249··on My Custom Stream Deck Toolkit
I'm glad we are seeing people with their own take on this, this is something that Valve said they hoped to have hardware vendors embrace because the Deck really is supposed to be an "open platform ecosystem" instead of closed / wallgardened consoles like XBOX, Playstation, and Switch. Hats off to the developer and I hope we see more like this from commercial vendors as well.