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by njr123 4302 days ago
> should the owner of a spec really be expected to continuously hunt down and test/validate every implementation of their specification?

I'm pretty sure thats exactly what trademark law says you have to do. You have to defend your trademark. You can't go ten years letting everyone use the Markdown brand where ever they want, and then suddenly decide one day you want to start controlling it.