>Solution one has the disadvantage that Gerald can do what he wants with
>the trademark including selling it to Microsoft or anybody else ;-) And
>that he will have to cough up all the cost himself, or at least find
>funding himself, cause the world is bigger than the US, look what
>happened to the Linux trademark in other countries. Of course the pro
>side is that it is easy, Gerald registers the mark and we are done.
I believe that trademarks must be defended against infringement, which
precludes the "we are done" piece. Of course that's true no matter how the
trademark is registered.