Quote from: StanLarimer on January 07, 2015, 02:14:27 AM

Here I will clean up a few remaining issues extracted from your post above. (I've labeled them for reference.)

Quote from: DecentralizeEconomics on January 06, 2015, 09:26:20 PM

ISSUE 4. Bitshares(TM) is a corporation based in the United States dealing, as you say, in "products" such as "currency and commodity derivatives" and "trading services". From your explanation it seems that Bitshares is a trademarked "COMPANY, NOT A CURRENCY" selling "shares" that attempts to pass itself off as a currency to avoid US security regulations.

ISSUE 4. BitShares is not trademarked and is not a corporate creation of any government. It is a free-space blockchain just like Bitcoin with zero footprint in fiat space. References to it being like a company are metaphorical to help people constrained by the Bitcoin currency metaphor to break free from that perspective and see that other uses of blockchain technology are possible.

ISSUE 4 Your website says different.

Bitshares' Logo Trademarked on BitsharesWiki

What's the deal Stan? Is Bitshares trademarked or not? If it is not trademarked why on all your logos are you using the TM mark? The only reason you would be using TM while not "trademarked" is that you are applying for a trademark on the name. If you are currently in the application process for trademarking Bitshares and it is your intention to do so, don't you think claiming Bitshares isn't trademarked is misleading?

Sounds like you're being disingenuous.