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Topic
Board Legal
Re: use of bitcoin trademark?
by
freedomno1
on 05/06/2014, 08:00:01 UTC

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 Japan’s 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.