William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace

Fascinating bit of internet history about who tried to own the word 'cyberspace'. Funny how many buzzwords get the same treatment today.

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cost matters a lot here, trademarking cyberspace only makes sense if the numbers actually work out at scale

Ok but who is going to do the maintenance, asking a friend

can someone explain trademarking cyberspace like I'm five? Feels like I missed a few chapters

Priya Nair · 4 likes

Disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

been following trademarking cyberspace since early on and the progress is kinda wild

Same here, had the exact same experience

I work with this stuff daily and trademarking cyberspace is not as simple as the headline makes it sound

Tbh I read it twice and still not sure what I think

As an enthusiast I'm just happy to see trademarking cyberspace getting attention, hope it keeps going

my wallet just cried reading this

Priya Nair · 0 likes

the real question with trademarking cyberspace is who maintains it in two years

my wallet just cried reading this

I'd pay good money to see you debate that with my boss

Underrated take: trademarking cyberspace more for small teams than big companies

This. Exactly this

Underrated comment right here