You're really going to double down on not knowing what you're talking about?
A trademark is protected by virtue of being put into use. Reggie's protected. Yes there are advantages to registering and it probably should be done. But Reggie will not see any consequences of failing to do so.
Further, Reggie's claim against the domain squatter is just as strong as if he had registered.
My point is simple: Why give a leeway for anyone to cause any legal hassle/trouble by not registering your own trademark? Why avoid taking the advantages that naturally come with registering your trademark as soon as possible? If not registering a trademark is equally the same as registering it, then what advantages are you talking about?
You are actually coming into defense of an act of incompetency. I bet if another company that you have no financial conflict of interest in that does not register its trademark, you would criticize it. But with Veritaseum, you continue to give positive judgment despite some incompetency. Not saying that incompetency is a big thing, but you certainly are showing very strong bias. But right, you should be fully aware of your biasness, because I am really honestly and sincerely getting really sick of it. You are not showing any sign of good reason and logic in your judgment. To me, you are someone that would say everything good about something that you have interest in. If you were to have a son (your own biological son) you would always say he is a good person, a right person, a noble person, etc etc goodness, even if this son of yours have committed wrongdoings or misconducts. You would find whatever justifications to justify your son's misconducts as good conducts. Here is where I am different from you. I have substantial ownership in VERI, but I still criticize it when I think it is wrong. I am not afraid if I suffer some short-term market loss as a result. That, I believe is a level of objectivity that a great majority of people (including you) do not have.
Your extreme subjectivity is very clear to me, and keep disagreeing with almost everything I say, even those things I sincerely and honestly believe is very objective and obvious to any impartial + reasonable 3rd person. I would say a white paper is white and whiter than a black paper. You, on the other hand, having a financial conflict of interest in that black paper business, would argue why a white paper can actually be blacker than a black paper. If you think I am being rude and rough on you, that is because you 100% deserve it.
I bet I am not making any sense to many people here. I bet if I say the sky is blue, you would say that doesn't make sense. If I say water is vital to health, you would say that doesn't make sense. If someone else (not me) were to say the exact same things, you would say that makes a lot of sense. Ultimately it is not what I say. It is what your prejudice is.
Update:
Are you a paid shill?
You don't even know what you are talking about, and yet you have the audacity to say I am doubling down on not knowing what I'm talking about.
You are not making any sense at all.
You, on the other hand, are doubling/tripling down on what you don't know about, and I will continue to make you lose.
The problem with you is that you can't even admit you're wrong when you are proven wrong. Your inflammatory comments were completely incorrect and out of line regarding the real nature of the true severity of the issue. Should the trademark be registered? Of course it should. It is catastrophic for the future of the company? Not one bit. Is VERI at risk to cybersquatters? Not at all, they can easily win a claim against a cybersquatter with or without the registration.
It's one thing to make a suggestion, it's quite another to start calling names and accusing incompetence when the reality as I have already clearly shown is that lack of trademark registration is no big deal and quite frankly, not even worth discussing.