Quote from: Coinster on June 04, 2015, 06:39:34 PM

Quote from: randy8777 on June 04, 2015, 10:33:58 AM

you mean blockchain.info deserves to be taken to court? no reason for any government to do so. beside that, does any one know if blockchain as name is trademarked?

I don't think the name "blockchain" is trademarked, but that's a good question. The Bitcoin community made up the word blockchain. Everyone was using it to refer to the public ledger that starts with the Genesis block, and which miners add new blocks to. It was from that name that Blockchain.info started collecting the public data on the blockchain, like new transactions, and putting it in easy to view format. When trademarking a name the name must not be a word commonly used in public, and even then the trademark holder has to defend the name if people start to use it that way. For example, that's why Xerox would prefer people say "copy it" than "xerox it", because the latter weakens their trademark.

i have been searching but there indeed doesn't seem to be a trademark regarding blockchain as name. maybe it's better to keep it as it is now.