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Re: USPTO IS NOW FIRST TO FILE!!! Legislation (HR 1249)
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on 15/07/2011, 02:58:07 UTC
Quote from: kookiekrak on July 14, 2011, 08:03:45 PM
ALSO, REMEMBER THIS:

Mr. Pascazi pulled his application after he decided it would be too difficult to meet the standard of “first use” required in the U.S. But he’s taking his effort to France, Japan and other countries where the standard is “first to file” rather than “first to use.” If he succeeds, the consequences for the budding Bitcoin movement could be dire.

source: http://www.betabeat.com/2011/07/12/if-bitcoin-community-doesnt-take-action-opportunists-like-trademark-lawyer-could-box-them-in/

He cannot succeed. You can't just stagger up to the patent office or whatever and claim to own something that hundreds of thousands of people already use, and that is protected under open-source licensing. It'd be like me trying to copyright the bible.