[iends]

So Isaac Schlueter's new company, npm Inc, takes VC and then starts sending out legal threats immediately. nodejitsu decides to play that game and points out that it's been working on the npm trademark which, if granted, would likely force Isaac's new company to change it name.

Am I understanding this all correctly?

I can't see how any of this good for the node community, but then again I couldn't see how npm, Inc was good for the node community either.

[IsaacSchlueter]

No, you are not understanding this all correctly. By the time our lawyers got involved, I had already tried at length to reach resolution amicably.

You're seeing a small piece of a conversation taken out of context. Also, they filed the trademark the day before that letter was sent, so it could not have been "in response"