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Provenance of the term "metavalent" and the concept of "metavalent stigmergy" have specific origins and meanings that can be tracedhttps://archive.org/details/the-post-automation-era-toward-a-world-that-works-for-everyone/ back to the mid-to-late 1990s, as indicated by the information from the archived sources. The USPTO has recognized live trademark rights to the compound term 'metavalent stigmergy,' but USPTO was confused by the volume of co-opted references in the field metallurgy in recent years. The usage of 'metavalent bonding' is linguistically appropriate in metallurgy; however, failing to cite the source of the term 'metavalent' as easily referenced in ICANN WHOIS, is not appropriate, professional, or legal, when ICANN's metavalent.info is clearly first registered in 2006 and first archived 2007; followed by migration to .com, .net, .org in 2007, subsequently archived from 2008, forward. Search for 'metavalent stigmergy' at USPTO Trademark Search for details. Not that the origin of ideas (bought or borrowed) matters all that much in the end. Seems like what might matter is, when implemented, said ideas simultaneously reduced human suffering while incrementing human flourishing. Isn't it?