Re:I'm Trademarking Trademark! (tm) (Score 1)

In the spirit of the original article linked by our posting, trademarks are the least malicious sort of IP. I'm a law student, and I'm an avid member (as incompatible as those two seem, and as bad as that may sound). There may be much of IP that treads on the toes of innovation, but it's hard to fault a reputable and responsible business for trying to keep others from treading on their toes when by and large they contribute to the community.

A complete denial of any IP rights is like advocating anarchy--very attractive when you disagree with what a democracy decides (and we all know we've seen that recently), but ruinous in the long term. Accepting that there are some bounds of information usage necessary to promote "the progress of Science and useful Arts" isn't sacrilege to us, it's fundamental.