London Man Attempts to Trademark Bitcoin
A man from London is attempting to trademark the word "Bitcoin" in the United Kingdom. In an application made to the UK's patent office on 5th November, Marvin Dennis of Leyton, East London, is seeking to trademark the term used by Satoshi Nakamoto to describe his cryptocurrency. Published by the Trade Marks Journal on 4th December, the application for the trademark is due to be granted on 6th February 2014 if unopposed. The trademark regards the use of the term with relation to "chocolates and confectionary", so wouldn't have a direct impact on bitcoin's use in the areas of computing or....
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An East London man, Marvin Dennis, is seeking to trademark the word bitcoin in the United Kingdom. That's according to an application submitted to the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office dated November 5th, 2013. Interestingly, the application has this listed as "Class 30" or "Chocolates, confectionary." We'll let you be the judge and decide just how bitcoin and chocolates go together. But it shouldn't affect the use of the word in technology, should it be approved. Assuming this application goes unopposed, the mark is slated to be granted on February 6th, 2014. The trademark....
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