It seems Mr. Karpeles (MtGox) has owned the name for a while now, wonder why he didn't disclose this fact.
Filing date 15 June 2011
Date of entry in register 05 February 2012
Renewal date 15 June 2021
The class 9 entry is interesting, I wonder if he could argue in a court that he owns the rights to the bitcoin client therefore Gavin's work?
Case details for trade mark EU010103646
List of goods and services
Class 9 Software for commerce over a global communications network.
Class 35 Electronic commerce services, namely providing information about products via telecommunication networks for advertising and sales purposes.
Class 38 Signal transmission for electronic commerce via telecommunication systems and data communication systems.
Class 42 Constructing an internet platform for electronic commerce.
Name and Address details
Holder's nameTibanne Co. Ltd.Cerulean Tower 15F 26-1 Sakuragaoka-Cho, Shibuya Tokyo, Japan, 150-8512
RepresentativeBAKER & MCKENZIE LLP100 New Bridge Street, London, United Kingdom, EC4V 6JA
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/4/EU010103646Nice logo huh.
Case details for trade mark EU010050466
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/4/EU010050466![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCKWzz6s.jpg%3F1&t=665&c=NPYpc4lnIuK5RQ)
Also posted in legal as a reply.