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Bitcoin Trademark Troll Now Sending Bogus DMCA Takedowns

Posted by Unknown on from the my-claims-are-legit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A couple weeks ago, Slashdot wrote about a lawyer named Michael Pascazi, who was trying to trademark Bitcoin. Techdirt picked up on the story, including Pascazi's evidence of the trademark. Pascazi has now sent Techdirt a bogus DMCA takedown request over the post, claiming that the header and footer in his stationery, which appears via an embed on the story, violates his copyright. He appears to be claiming that simply posting any version of his stationery is a copyright violation. It's not clear if the content in question is even copyrightable, and if it is, how Techdirt's use isn't fair use."

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  1. Re:Fraud by ElectricTurtle · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You know what would be hilarious? If a legal fund to get him disbarred was set up and it took bitcoin donations. If it were to be successful he would be defeated by the very thing he sought to control.

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  2. Disbar by PickyH3D · · Score: 3, Interesting

    All involved lawyers should be disbarred. Not only for the initial, in-bad-faith filing, but also for abusing the legal system with in-bad-faith DMCA letters.

  3. Re:Trademark is marked 'DEAD' at USPTO now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Pascazi abandoned his attempt to trademark Bitcoin in the US because the US is a "first-to-use" country, the first person to use the term in commerce gets the mark. He's continuing his efforts in "first-to-file" countries where the first entity to file for the mark gets it.