Russian Firm Tries and Fails to Register ‘Bitcoin’ Trademark
Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property has rejected an attempt by Moscow-based M-Groupp to trademark the word “Bitcoin” in the country. The patent agency, commonly known as Rospatent has confirmed the rejection of a request on behalf of “M-Groupp” to register “Bitcoin” as a trademark, reports Rapsinews. The company filed the request in....
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In an attempt to patent the term ‘Bitcoin’ in Russia, a Moscow-based firm called M-Group filed an application at the Russian patent office. The application was duly rejected. Rospatent, the Russian patent agency has recently confirmed the rejection of an application by a Moscow-based firm which filed a patent request to trademark ‘Bitcoin.’ According to local publication Rapsinews, the firm, known as “M-Group” requested the patent agency to trademark the term bitcoin in relation to the 36th and the 38th International Classification of Goods and Services for Finance and Telecommunications,....
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Following three unsuccessful attempts by various firms to register the “Bitcoin” trademark in Russia, the Russian patent agency, Rospatent has granted the request for LLC “Bitcoin” to Russian Blockchain.community founder, Alex Fork. Request No. 552645 to trademark the name “Bitcoin” has been granted in Russia, reported Russian media outlet Plusworld. The....
Alex Fork, an entrepreneur has managed to get the Bitcoin trademark registered in Russia. Bitcoin and Russia have had some tough times so far. The government is not interested in having bitcoin around, but they definitely want to explore the use of blockchain technology in banking and financial sector. However, ‘Bitcoin’ did get its date with the legal and regulatory system in the country after the ‘Bitcoin’ trademark was approved by the concerned trademark registration office. The number of bitcoin users in the Russian Federation is increasingly on a regular basis. But, at the same time,....
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