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If Microsoft is unhappy with 70 lines of LISP that I posted on their website, then I'm more than happy to change it. Ask them to reach out to jtunney@gmail.com

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Please, never react just because a lawyer sends a single email (especially when you have no profit motive and do open source).

You have time to react to serious issues, including after accidentally deleting the first few emails. Trademarks are different from patents. Pre-grant and/or post-grant opposition for a single generic word is a relatively easy way to kill it.

'copilot' https://uspto.report/Search/copilot `269 Results`

In related note, Microsoft once tried so hard to trademark "Bookself" (type code GS0091) https://uspto.report/TM/74567299 `Dead/Cancelled`

In that situation, you just move it.

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