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Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin

Posted by samzenpus on from the said-it-first dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A NY based lawyer has submitted an application to the US Patent and Trademark Office claiming first use of the term bitcoin on June 22nd, 2011. The evidence of first use in the form of a letter detailing his wife's offer to sell "bitcoin" for $17.50 on June 23rd. A pdf extolling the virtues of bitcoin has also been uploaded to his law firms webpage."

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  1. Punish Trolls by jarich · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This beautifully illustrates why there should be some punishment for this type of behavior. He's obviously ignoring all prior art and forcing an already overloaded system to deal with this crap. Fine him.

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    1. Re:Punish Trolls by v1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Fine him? he's a lawyer. disbar him. He's obviously unfit to be legal council.

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  2. Publicity Stunt by brainzach · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Instead of defending the trademark, the lawyer is promoting the virtues of Bitcoin. He is probably just trying to generate publicity to pump up the price of Bitcoins that his wife is selling. I doubt the lawyer is stupid enough to think he can be successful trademark Bitcoin.