In an email to the CEO of EcoChia (whatever that means), J. Eckert (Sargonas), VP of Ecosystem Operations at Chia Network has formally revoked the trademark license for EcoChia, meaning they will need to change their name and domains. Basically, the pool is dead. This is because of the unethical behaviour we covered yesterday where…
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Monthly donation to Public Citizen, check
After Public Citizen picked up the cause of my blog against the trademark bullying from Chia Network, a trend that seems to continue, I pledged to donate 10% of all the revenue the site would accumulate, before expenses, to their cause since they are entirely donation run. The first month I accidentally paid them about…
Overview of the Chia Network trademark agreement
OK, so this has the capacity to be extremely boring so I am going to try and keep it as short as possible. But I think the Chia Network Trademark agreement they are trying to force everyone to sign, and that they think controls all use over the words “chia” and “chia network” is of…
Chia Project uses trademarked phrase to pump project while attacking their community for doing the same
In a hypocritical move that shows how silly their positions on trademark are, the Chia Project Twitter handle has tweeted an advertisement for their project using a trademarked phrase that they don’t hold. Its basically obvious to everyone that they chose their project name to invoke the good feelings that people have for Chia pets,…
Chia Network is threatening XCHScan for trying to compete with Chia Explorer
In a stunning move, The Chia Plot has seen evidence that Chia Network is threatening XCHScan.com with trademark infringement for basically trying to compete with Chia Explorer. In their communications they tell XCHScan to “immediately cease in desist approaching farmers who are using the official chia explorer in an attempt to divert them to your…
Chia Network is enforcing trademark against Chia Forks
Edit: I reached out to the ChiaDogeCoin developer and got their side of the story here. Chia Network has begun attempting to enforce their CHIA trademarks against the developers of certain Chia Fork altcoins. In their keybase channel today Gene indicated that they are prepared to go as far as to try and seize domains…
Interview with Son of a Tech
YouTuber Son of a Tech recently had me on his show to talk about the trademark issues. Was a really good interview, and he helped me understand a lot of the wider cryptocurrency context behind some of the decisions Chia has made and why it makes people nervous. I had no idea the idea of…
Chia Networks drops all claims against The Chia Plot
Last night my lawyer, Paul Levy, received a response to his demand that Chia Networks drop the trademark and other ridiculous claims against this web site. The response was gracious, and polite, and releases my site from their claims. It is excellent to see that Chia Networks has correctly determined that journalism about their company…
The Trademark issue story so far
A friend suggested I take a little bit of time and record a quick YouTube video going over what has happened so far, since its a bit insane. So i have done that, and here it is. Enjoy.
The Chia Plot responds to Chia Networks Legal Threats
Due to the legal threats made towards my blog by their Head of IP, Belle Borovik, I have retained attorney Paul Alan Levy with Public Citizen who is representing me as I defend myself against the trademark and GDPR violation accusations made towards me by Chia Networks. We have sent the following letter to Chia…
