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joecool: mircea_popescu: for a US trademark, i think it cost ~$400 or so
Apocalyptic: http://bases-marques.inpi.fr/ confirms the trademark
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: was that costly? I'm an Italian citizen, wife is German, so I can register an EU trademark instead of the shitty meaningless South African one
mircea_popescu: ima buy bitcoins out of trademark enforcing moneyz, how about that!
fluffypony has no idea how EU trademark law works
fluffypony: is the trademark registered in the EU, or just in Romania?
mircea_popescu: soo, some twerps in spain decided "trilema" sounds kinda cool, started a foundation whatever. i sent them a friendly note about six months ago pointing out that it's a registered trademark and they're playing with fire. which they ignored.
fluffypony: I keep getting trademark requests from China
asciilifeform: trademark. on yellow plastic.
asciilifeform: tldr - fluke corp. has a trademark on... yellow voltmeters. chinese shipment of yellow voltmeters held up at customs, burned.
ninjashogun: asciilifeform, given my high-risk profile what APR would you (personally) extend me on between $7K-$22.5K (amount I take depends on APR) with no collateral except a registered Delaware C-Corp I'm currently full owner of (100%) going to 90% after an investment clears that I've committed to - the company has intellectual property including a patent that is pending and trademark that has been assigned, as well the equipment I
mircea_popescu: MAKABEakira in principle it is externalisable, but in practice it's a problematic point, because if you scam the users on my trademark i'll have to kill you.
mircea_popescu: The trademark is a subsidiary of and owned by Conair Corporation which acquired the brand following Cuisinart's bankruptcy in 1989.
davout: i don't know how it works in other countries, but in france when you trademark sthg, you must also specify the scope in terms of activity the trademark is to be used in
davout: i'm not sure the bitcoin trademark is worth that much
mircea_popescu: you can't hold a trademark on people's legal names against their use thereof.
davout: oh yeah, i forgot about the trademark
mircea_popescu: the only thing is the bitcoin trademark, which was IDIOTICALLY assigned to mtgox by people without a clue
mircea_popescu: A. James Manchin either delighted or appalled the West Virginia voters. Many people, especially senior citizens, loved the attention he bestowed upon them later as Secretary of State. He would produce a certificate with a gold star and make quite a production of just about anyone's service to "Mother West Virginia." Giving away his trademark white or black fedora to young teenage boys along the campaign trail, Manch
pankkake: yeah, that's a government trademark
pascal257: I'm wondering if he actually has the trademark for that
Luke-Jr: while Apple can define "macbook" because it is their trademark, English words are completely in the judge's discretion
Luke-Jr: nubbins`: nor is "unit" a trademark - it's an English word that can apply to collectives
jcpham: get with imsaguy on Coming Soon! (trademark)
ThickAsThieves: ("2 weeks" is trademark of the Butterfly Labs Corporation. All rights reserved.)
dub: In March 1992 Chinese authorities found that Shenzhen reflective materials institute had copied 650,000 Microsoft Corporation holograms. The institute was found to be guilty of trademark infringement against Microsoft, but was fined a mere US $252. Losses to Microsoft as a result of the infringement are estimated at US $30 million.
mircea_popescu: "Later update : The article originally used the word “photochop”. This is wrong, because the more photoshop is consistently used the closer Adobe gets to losing that trademark through it becoming generic. Please help the effort of stripping Adobe of its assets by always referring to altered images as “photoshops” rather than anything else. Thanks."
pigeons: trademark abuse i think should be prosecuted under fraud and is a valid form of ip
mircea_popescu: prolly get a kickback from the trademark office, you pay 1-2k to them, i change the name.
thestringpuller: I'm going to trademark all these MP** and not license the trademark to you
mircea_popescu: Bane_Capital i bet it's not a registered trademark
Bane_Capital: I am going to buy the Bitcoin Consultancy trademark
nefario: there is a difference between copyright and trademark
mircea_popescu: if you're gonna abuse their trademark.
smickles: trademark?
rdponticelli: Nice trademark :)
Diablo-D3: yeah, because according to US law, if you own the trademark you can just take the domain
rg: THEY HAVE INFRINGED UPON MY TRADEMARK