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> The sidepanels and floating toolbar are ripped directly from figma (to the point I would fear a lawsuit)

No, a company can’t sue you (well they can try, but it has no legal standing) because you rip off their side panel design. Thank god the industry doesn’t work like this.

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Figma sued AI startup Motiff in 2024 for copyright infringement and won[0]. Motiff had to reimburse figma, and redesign their product.

[0] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69166901/figma-inc-v-mo...

Not relevant. Figma v. Motif was over allegations of stealing source code, apparently including known Figma bugs.

The design of the UI wouldn't be covered by copyright anyway; Figma would have had to file and be granted a patent, which has a much higher bar (IMO not high enough, but that's a different discussion).

Adobe sued Macromedia because the floating palettes in Flash worked just like the ones in Photoshop. Flash MX had a much-revised, shittier UI.

Well, sort of. They sued because they believed Macromedia infringed on their patents. That's something else than merely visual similarity.

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