yes, microsoft does hold a trademark for notepad. As litigious as MS is I'm pleasantly surprised they've left notepad++ alone.

Unfortunately anthropic is actively eroding community goodwill in regards to potential IP conflicts:

https://abnormal.ai/blog/abnormal-response-to-anthropic-laws...

https://x.com/steipete/status/2016068265391354181

If MS can go after notepad++ then Bjarne Stroustrup can go after C#?

Microsoft has a lot of trademark meant to protect them from agression rather than attack themselves