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-[[Figma]] has sent cease and desist letters to companies, including the Swedish AI startup Lovable<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osika |first=Anton |date=2025-04-15 |title=figma says we can't use the word "dev mode" in lovable |url=https://x.com/antonosika/status/1912147137728589915/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416022818/https://x.com/antonosika/status/1912147137728589915/ |archive-date=2025-04-16 |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=X}}</ref>, for using the term "Dev Mode," claiming it infringes on their trademark<ref>{{Cite patent |country=US|number=98045640|inventor=FIGMA, INC.|title=DEV MODE|pubdate=2024-11-19 |fdate=2023-06-16|url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98045640&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch}}</ref>. This action has sparked controversy and criticism within the tech community, with many arguing that "Dev Mode" is a widely used and generic term in the industry.
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+[[Figma]] has sent cease and desist letters to companies, including the Swedish AI startup Lovable<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osika |first=Anton |date=2025-04-15 |title=figma says we can't use the word "dev mode" in lovable |url=https://x.com/antonosika/status/1912147137728589915/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416022818/https://x.com/antonosika/status/1912147137728589915/ |archive-date=2025-04-16 |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=X}}</ref>, for using the term "Dev Mode," claiming it infringes on their trademark<ref>{{Cite patent |country=US|number=98045640|inventor=FIGMA, INC.|title=DEV MODE|pubdate=2024-11-19 |fdate=2023-06-16|url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98045640&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260223044327/https://tsdr.uspto.gov/ |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>. This action has sparked controversy and criticism within the tech community, with many arguing that "Dev Mode" is a widely used and generic term in the industry.
 ==Background==
 ===Companies===
-As to understand how does this companies use the term "Dev Mode", we have to further analyze what their products do.
+In order to understand how these companies use the term "Dev Mode", we must further analyze what their products do.
 Figma is a design platform, being widely used in software development.
-Lovable is a no code app using a chat powered by the Claude LLM<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lovable helps anyone create software 20x faster with Claude |url=https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514042824/https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |archive-date=2025-05-14 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Anthropic}}</ref> for the user to instert the prompts and having a website fully functional<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome - Lovable Documentation |url=https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716144523/https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |archive-date=2025-07-16 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Lovable}}</ref>
+Lovable is a no code app using a chat powered by the Claude LLM<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lovable helps anyone create software 20x faster with Claude |url=https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514042824/https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |archive-date=2025-05-14 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Anthropic}}</ref> that creates a fully-functional website based on the user's prompts<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome - Lovable Documentation |url=https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716144523/https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |archive-date=2025-07-16 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Lovable}}</ref>.
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