maybe we can just avoid all this nonsense - change the name - and do it right this time.
Bah. Honestly it would be seriously counter to the spirit of Bitcoin if we trademarked the name. No one person should hold licensing rights to a decentralized currency that we all helped build.
I agree. The Apache folks created a foundation to hold some of their trademarks and such but it just rubs me the wrong way as bitcoin should remain as OS and decentralized as possible.
I'm still of the opinion that the trademark will not stand as bitcoin was already in common use well before this guy tried to TM it.