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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. Re:Punish Trolls by Ice+Tiger · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I guess he thought the wikipedia stub for Bitcoin created 8th March 2009 doesn't count as prior art or something.

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  2. Re:Punish Trolls by nugatory78 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When BK wanted to enter the Australian market, the name Burger King was already in use. They tried to everything possible to get ownership of the name but failed. The current owner was happy with his business and refused to sell. Eventually (I think it was ~2003), BK got rights to the name and started renaming every store BK. I used to work for Hungry Jacks in the late 90's. All the training material was BK branded, even the equipment was.

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