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Notepad++ Creator Don Ho Calls Out "Fake" MacOS App Over Trademark Violation
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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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GIMP never called itself Photoshop. The problem here is this clone is using the trademarked name and lying about official association with Ho, not that it has similar functionality to Notepad++.
Also, Blender predates Maya by at least a couple years, so not sure what you're going on about there.