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=== Trademark registration by iMesh===
On January 10, 2008, the new owners of Shareaza.com, Discordia Ltd ([[iMesh]] Inc.), filed for trademark registration of the Shareaza name in an attempt to stop the original developers from using the name, claiming that the first-ever use was on December 17, 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77368229 | title = Latest Status Info | publisher = [[US Patent and Trademark Office]] | access-date = 2008-04-29 | archive-date = 2008-05-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509191704/http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77368229 | url-status = live }}</ref>  The Shareaza Development Team obtained legal representation to challenge the registration and a legal defense fund was set up.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://torrentfreak.com/shareaza-strikes-back-at-scammers-were-fighting-back-080510/ | title = Shareaza Stands Up To Scammers: "We're fighting back!" | publisher = [[TorrentFreak]] | access-date = 2008-09-07 | archive-date = 2008-09-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080909065649/http://torrentfreak.com/shareaza-strikes-back-at-scammers-were-fighting-back-080510/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The development team appointed William Erwin to handle the donations; it was stated that he had been paid by iMesh to sabotage the defense, and that he had stolen the money donated. The trademark was awarded to iMesh after the development team had given up defending the trademark.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://shareaza.sourceforge.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1044&p=7014 | title = What happened to the legal defense for the trademark? - Shareaza discussion at sourceforge | access-date = 2012-01-05 | archive-date = 2017-04-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170408171559/http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1044&p=7014 | url-status = live }}</ref>