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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Someone Random Trademarked "bitcoin" : Now we can't use the term?
by
natman3400
on 06/07/2011, 15:27:38 UTC
Pretty sure this is not a valid trademark. The term/name Bitcoin was already established before the date of the trademark.
This. I'm also pretty sure a trademark only allows for protection against uses of it that would hurt business for the trademark holder, too.
Even if that's not true, the bitcoin community has been using the term for quite a while.