Could they be planning on suing all the small time startups that use the word "bitcoin" in their products? Perhaps they think they can extract some money from small companies by threatening them with lawsuits if they don't pay up.
These guys remind me of William R Della Croce J, and not in a good way. See <a href="http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/107" rel="nofollow">http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/107</a> for more.
First Use Date: 2011-06-22<p>First Use in Commerce Date: 2011-06-22<p>A hurdle; bitcoin was started in 2009: <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Bitcoin" rel="nofollow">https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Bitcoin</a>