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Title: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: Agozyen on July 07, 2011, 12:31:50 PM From Slashdot...
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/07/0326213/Lawyer-Attempts-To-Trademark-Bitcoin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher A lawyer named Michael Pascazi filed the trademark application. His website looks like it was put together by a two-year-old. http://pascazilaw.com/ EDIT: Here's a little blurb/press release? he put out - http://www.pascazilaw.com/files/New_Coin_of_the_Realm_062311.pdf EDIT: Removed - see below edit. EDIT: Above edit wasn't the right Magellan. As pointed out by Isepick below " The "Magellan Capital Advisors, LLC" on the trademark app is registered to the same exact address the law office is, in Fishkill, NY. This is a one man operation." Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: static on July 07, 2011, 12:49:28 PM it's a Pascazi scheme! Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: TheBitMan on July 07, 2011, 02:18:52 PM From Slashdot... LMAO I can code better than the person who made that site!http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/07/0326213/Lawyer-Attempts-To-Trademark-Bitcoin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher A lawyer named Michael Pascazi filed the trademark application. His website looks like it was put together by a two-year-old. http://pascazilaw.com/ EDIT: Here's a little blurb/press release? he put out - http://www.pascazilaw.com/files/New_Coin_of_the_Realm_062311.pdf EDIT: And it appears that Magellan Capital Advisors is his client for this, based on the above document, but I could be wrong. Their website - http://www.magellanadvisor.com/ - isn't as bad as his. They are based in Australia. PS: I can't even code! Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: TheBitMan on July 07, 2011, 02:21:39 PM This takes away the whole concept of FREEDOM for Bitcoin
Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on July 07, 2011, 02:41:15 PM From Slashdot... LMAO I can code better than the person who made that site!http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/07/0326213/Lawyer-Attempts-To-Trademark-Bitcoin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher A lawyer named Michael Pascazi filed the trademark application. His website looks like it was put together by a two-year-old. http://pascazilaw.com/ EDIT: Here's a little blurb/press release? he put out - http://www.pascazilaw.com/files/New_Coin_of_the_Realm_062311.pdf EDIT: And it appears that Magellan Capital Advisors is his client for this, based on the above document, but I could be wrong. Their website - http://www.magellanadvisor.com/ - isn't as bad as his. They are based in Australia. PS: I can't even code! "A lawyer named Michael Pascazi filed the trademark application. His website looks like it was put together by a two-year-old." <meta name="generator" content="Yahoo! SiteBuilder/2.6/1.6.0_26"> I would of used Wordpress. Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: JBDive on July 07, 2011, 02:47:33 PM That PDF is a total joke. Wonder where he scrapped the content from, anyone for a DMCA?
Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: MiningBuddy on July 07, 2011, 02:50:06 PM That PDF is a total joke. Wonder where he scrapped the content from, anyone for a DMCA? Forget the DMCA, I'm waiting for his nice $250k fine for lying on the trademark application form.Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: Agozyen on July 07, 2011, 03:07:43 PM And here's his Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/michael.s.pascazi Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: Isepick on July 07, 2011, 03:54:07 PM EDIT: And it appears that Magellan Capital Advisors is his client for this, based on the above document, but I could be wrong. Their website - http://www.magellanadvisor.com/ - isn't as bad as his. They are based in Australia. Wrong Magellan Advisors. The "Magellan Capital Advisors, LLC" on the trademark app is registered to the same exact address the law office is, in Fishkill, NY. This is a one man operation. Somebody should send him Colbert's clip regarding hornets' nests ;) Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: 655321 on July 07, 2011, 04:00:34 PM I would like to give official notice that I plan to intentionally and wantonly violate and infringe on this trademark as soon as possible, and as often as possible.
I encourage everyone to do the same. Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: Agozyen on July 07, 2011, 04:01:16 PM Oops, I stand corrected. I wonder which 'Magellan' was trademarked first?
Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: datafish on July 07, 2011, 04:01:58 PM And here's his Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/michael.s.pascazi Ha ha, he only has 25 friends. :P Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: evoorhees on July 07, 2011, 04:07:07 PM Does anyone have an idea whether this lawyer filed this for himself (perhaps he's a bitcoin speculator) or on behalf of a client?
Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: TheGer on July 07, 2011, 04:08:50 PM In his blurb about Bitcoins he talks about them in an obviously pre-existing manner. How can he possibly think he can Trademark the term?
Lolcats Title: Re: Here's the guy that filed the trademark on bitcoin... Post by: twobits on July 07, 2011, 04:08:58 PM That PDF is a total joke. Wonder where he scrapped the content from, anyone for a DMCA? Forget the DMCA, I'm waiting for his nice $250k fine for lying on the trademark application form.Can you please find a reference to this remedy, so far only risk I can find is just the registration not being accepted. |