Quote from: freedomno1 on June 05, 2014, 08:00:01 AM

Quote from: qwerty555 on June 05, 2014, 07:53:19 AM

What is now the situation with the trade mark given an alleged attempt to sell by Tibanne?

https://coinreport.net/bitcoin-trademark-operator-sale/

Not sure myself but thanks for sharing in my opinion when the name was trademarked it was so people could use it with free license
Since they are asking for 1 million I'm not quite sure someone will want it
Personally I wouldn't mind if Theymos bought the thing since were spending a million on the forum and we can ensure it remains free use to the community.

That said it was trademarked when bitcoin was not a generic name so it might not even have that much value now.

A spokesperson of Japans patent office says that owners of the trademark could sue anyone using the word without permission, but a judge would have to validate the claim.

Anyone can use it, unless Satoshi Nakamoto comes out and says you can't.
It is "prior art" for anyone else:

Quote from: satoshi on February 26, 2010, 11:17:19 PM

Good suggestion. I made the B slightly lighter and the background slightly darker. Very slightly. The foreground is now exactly the same colour as the BC in the old one.

It's kind of OK if you can't easily read the B in the 16x16. At that size, you just need to see that it's a coin. It doesn't matter so much what's embossed on it, just that there be some detail there because it wouldn't look like a coin if it was a blank smooth circle.

It's slightly wider than tall because the dark perspective under it goes more to the right than down.

I finished and posted the 32x31 and 48x47 versions in the first message. I like the 48 a lot.

How does everyone feel about the B symbol with the two lines through the outside? Can we live with that as our logo?