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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Looks really cool but it runs Windows :(

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

It looks very snappable.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I guess it doesn’t have to. Support for the Steam OS like distributions could well be added fairly quick

[–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm honestly surprised they can even use the DS name. I assumed Nintendo had trademarked that in every way possible

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"DS" Stand for dual screen. Is it a descriptive element, and not a distinctive element.

[–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Well yes but actually no. The phrase "dual screen" is descriptive yes. But that is not what Nintendo called their product. The official name for the Nintendo DS is, well, Nintendo DS. So they very well could have trademarked the "DS" naming to keep for themselves for all eternity. Especially since they could argue that the shortened "DS" is distinctive since it is an abbreviation and not just a plain description.

All I'm saying is I'm surprised the asshole suits at Nintendo didn't do it, don't know if they tried but failed though.

[–] SheeEttin@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

They would only have the trademark as long as they're still using it. I don't think there's anything first-party still in active development for any DS platform, but it's still recent enough.

It might just not have caught their attention yet.

[–] Donut@leminal.space 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you can trademark an abbreviation just by itself, right? DS could stand for a multitude of things, so they would be hard pressed to try and prove how it couldn't mean anything else but a (Nintendo) DS.

[–] shinnoodles@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna assume it's a "lmao China" moment when it comes to copyright.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

It would actually be trademark and not copyright, and as such it requires constant market use by the trademark holder, and Nintendo has stopped using the DS trademark

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Citroën did the DS long before Nintendo did.

[–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Did not know that, might be due to that then

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Hard to say. You can look it up if you want.