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WilliamP78249 | 4 years ago

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.

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crymer11|4 years ago

The Valve Steam Deck was announced on July 15, 2021 and isn’t even released yet. The Elgato Stream Deck has been for sale since mid 2017.

I don’t think Elgato, the manufacturer of the Stream Deck, or this guy, who wrote code to integrate with it, have anything to worry about.

WilliamP78249|4 years ago

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.

drewzero1|4 years ago

Terrible naming indeed. Valve should have thought about that before naming their new product... but they probably did, and decided they were the bigger fish.

crtasm|4 years ago

The photos in the post show quite clearly what this is.

kamiheku|4 years ago

This is not a new product. It's the author's configuration for an existing product, the Elgato Stream Deck.