LOL, sadly I'm not familiar with the Bezos thing. It sounds like a riot though. And yea, the primary concern is not so much the legitimacy of this app but the potential troubles it could cause for the valid 'owners' of Bitcoin.
Which, brings to mind some other questions. In order to avoid other app ninjas in the future both trademark and patent wise, is there a way to trademark/patent
Bitcoin in a way the limits the amount of control the US gov would have over it?
I.e possible to register it as a community project and still be afforded the same protections? Maybe reg as aco-op type deal?
I am completely lost at that point. Will give a close business attorney friend of mine a call and see if he has any insight.
Bezos did the controversial 1-click patent on behalf of Amazon for something which was commonly in use at the time which was the use of a web browser and a cookie to facilitate online sales transactions irrespective of how many clicky it took one to get to their cart.
There is seemingly no limit that the US gov has when concerned with commerce under the Commerce Clause within the US. I say this not tongue in cheek but with an eye toward the types of decisions that the Fed has permitted itself under the Commerce Clause.
IMHO the limiting factor for the US gov concerning Bitcoin is the design of the P2P currency itself and it's usage across the .net. The design itself is limiting to the amount of oversight that can be exerted over the usage of the currency.