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Re:A Conference Stole My Identity by lukeschlather on Thursday July 24, 2014 @12:55PM (#8080692)
They would fail. He's clearly used it has his personal trademark as a professional for years before they came along.
Re:A Conference Stole My Identity by cyorir on Thursday July 24, 2014 @02:04PM (#8081183)
A personal trademark has only limited protections if it is not registered. It is also not clear that he wanted trademark protections to apply, since he did not seem to use the (TM) symbol that is allowed prior to registration. He could challenge an attempt at a trademark application, but the other FutureStack might have a good case given how many people confused his account for the conference.