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First, he claimed that "for strategic reasons," he and his wife had abandoned the US trademark filing... but, at the same time, they've commenced trademark applications in other countries, which have a first to file rule, rather than a first to use:


Read the full story here:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110708/00564015004/lawyer-trying-to-trademark-bitcoin-explains-his-legal-theory.shtml

Step 4: ???
Step 5: Profit!

What can be done to stop this guy?????

He may not be able to do it in the US, but I don't think there anything we can do in other countries.

Is there anyway the community can file an ethics claim against this guy Asshole?

If someone is willing to donate i can submit a trademark registration in Portugal.
I wouldn't be able to donate it to the community, as it needs to be a company to regsiter it, but i am willing to sign all the documents the community wants me to, to assure that i will never use it to extort money from bitcoin. :)

It's already done  :o

Can be seen here http://servicosonline.inpi.pt/pesquisas/GetSintesePDF?nord=3426931 PDF file!

I can be wrong, but i suspect whoever registered it is just a squatter, just like that lawyer, as they don't seem very technological to me, seeing as they don't even have a website for the company  ???

The good news are, they must sell at least one product every 10 years using the trademark, or else they lose the right to it(probably they'll just have to pay to register it again).

Relax.

Trademarks may be dealt out on a first-to-file rule in many countries.

But: it does not necessarily follow that he will be able to sue anybody who used them before.

Here in Germany for example, it is absolutely valid to claim a trademark on a first-to-file basis.
It is also possible to sue somebody who violates your trademark after you filed it.
But your claim of the trademark is restricted to new businesses using your trademark for that same purpose, you claimed it for. And, in addition to that, your trademark may still be invalid for the use you were trying to claim it for, if earlier use can be proven.

In the end, what we will probably end up with, is a lawyer who will try to scare / blackmail new smaller businesses into paying a small royalty for use of his trademark. That is already an "established businessmodel" here in Germany, but sooner or later, a lot of these guys end up losing their trademark / their lawyer status, and finally some of them even end up in jail.

I would certianly like to see Michael Pascazi sanctioned.

Well, we can start by giving the moron a bad name!

I opened up a website called Michael S. Pascazi is a scammer! (http://michaelpascaziscammer.com)

Please go there and write something about what he is doing. No need to regsiter to submit a post! With a bit of luck maybe it can reach google's first page for Michael S. Pascazi (http://michaelpascaziscammer.com) searches. :D

Oh, it would help if every time someone writes his name it get's hyperlinked there, like this Michael S. Pascazi (http://michaelpascaziscammer.com) ;)

Isn' that the URL for Pascazi Law Offices (http://michaelpascaziscammer.com)?

Shouldn't hurt to register Michael S. Pascazi as a trademark for swindle everywhere either.  Or human feces and other things which one naturally associate the name with.  Perhaps only Pascazi, in case it can be disputed if we use the full name.  "Pascazi (http://michaelpascaziscammer.com) the retarded lawyer" action figures could be a hit.

I guess it would be easier to write a good article about him and what he does, and post that to wikipedia. #1 google rank for that is almost certain.

Perhaps Bitcoin assassination market wasn't such a bad idea...

I will wait for his lawsuit because of my website :D

oops www.google.com/search?q=Michael+S.+Pascazi

is it just me or did it went straight to #5?  :o

C'mmon guys, everybody give it a +1 on the google search for Michael S. Pascazi (http://michaelpascaziscammer.com/)

:D :D :D :D :D

So who can we trust to file the trademark stuff in the USA?

I say we leave it without. Who cares about that shit anyway?

I believe this effort will most likely be completely fruitless in financial terms even if it succeeds. Worst case scenario, people operating bitcoin related sites in the affected countries will have to move their servers elsewhere or just call bitcoins something else, e.g. just plain "coin". Try trademarking that.