[knorker]

I read the post. I read the rebuttal.

Clearly this guy is an asshole. He may (may) not be a trademark troll, but this is a self-serving asshole move, landgrabbing to promote his business.

You know what, maybe he has honest intentions. He's still an asshole.

This. Is. Not. Yours. You don't own it. You have applied for paperwork to own it. Incredible asshole move.

Your theory of distributed ownership doesn't matter, because IT'S NOT YOURS TO OWN.