I never said that you denied it. I said that you failed to disclose it in your comment. My earlier comment was just a friendly reminder but since you went uppercase on me I'll add that you should know better because of the industry you work in.
I didn't mean to be harsh in my initial reply, and questions are a way to avoid being harsh. If you see yourself often using this HN account to talk about seomoz I suggest putting it in your HN profile, that way if you don't disclose in a future comment, the next person may just make a note. In fact I thought of doing that but didn't, partly because I was curious whether you still worked for Moz, because in most places, like your blog, it just says "Distilled".
And your comment is pretty neutral on the face of it, but if you read between the lines it's a defense of seomoz. That's why I wondered if you were connected to them, since you left the first comment it seemed that you may have received a google alert.
You are correct, I did. Thanks for the reminder, though a statement like "Why not disclose that?" is, most of the time, taken as accusatory and not friendly. But this is not the place for such debates. Let's talk about copyright legalities :-)
You need rules to guide you on the fact that when you wade into a comment thread about the company you work for, its probably best to make that fact obvious?
He doesn't work for Moz, but I do. John is a "Moz Global Associate", but doesn't get paid by Moz. I however have commented a couple times and assumed my responses were enough to display I work there. But I should have definitely stated it more clearly as well.
edited because I was a jerk
Next, doesn't matter when the domain was purchased. What matters is the date that the trademark, or the intent to use a trademark, was filed.