Doge Trademark Controversy Sparks Much Talk, Little News
A dispute over a California company’s attempt to trademark Doge has roiled the Internet into a fury of confusion and argument over the move’s implications for the popular Internet meme and its offshoots, such as Dogecoin. The controversy has led one of Dogecoin’s cofounders to leave the cryptocurrency community and another digital currency platform to file an opposition to the trademark application, but little new information about the future of Doge has come out as a result of the backlash. Though Ultra PRO, a California-based sports memorabilia company, announced its intention to....
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Happy Sunday, and welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, your source for some of the biggest cryptocurrency news of the week. There was a lot of Dogecoin news this week, from the coin's creator leaving the community to a company filing for a trademark on the word "Doge". We also covered some new mining gear, a cryptocurrency-based video game, and more. Check out this Bitcoin News in Review after the break. Dogecoin Troubles. Sad shibe. Just under a week ago, the Dogecoin community found out that a company called Ultra PRO International had announced plans to trademark the word....
Ultra Pro has made an announcement on the subject after the article was published. It can be read here. The Dogecoin community was introduced to some negative information recently when it was uncovered that Ultra Pro International, a case and sleeve company, announced plans to trademark the word "Doge." The move was met with outrage and confusion from the community, along with fear that it would affect merchants selling Doge-related products that accept Dogecoin. CCN. It all started when Twitter user Little Shibe uncovered a document stating that Ultra Pro was looking to file for a....
The non-profit Ethereum Foundation that holds the trademark for the name 'ethereum' said today it is "addressing" New York-based Grayscale Investments' newly revealed Ethereum (ETC) Investment Trust proposal. A subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), Grayscale plans for the investment vehicle to provide a means for accredited investors to gain exposure to a publicly traded digital asset called ethereum classic (ETC) by creating an open-ended, titled security. The problem: While there's one trademark, there are two versions of the cryptocurrency network bearing a variation of....
Barry Silbert, Founder and CEO of the Digital Currency Group, the parent company of Grayscale Investments and Genesis Trading, has caused outrage in the Ethereum community following the launch of a new product, Ethereum (ETC) Investment Trust, abbreviated to EIT, comparable to the Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT). The new unregulated product uses the twitter handle of EthereumTrust, clearly implying that their service relates to Ethereum, rather than EthereumClassic. A description that is considered by many to be somewhat deceptive with some describing it as outright fraudulent. Barry....
Recently, California-based trading card accessory company UltraPRO International filed for a trademark on the word "Doge," a move that flustered the Dogecoin community. The biggest fear was that by UltraPRO trademarking the word "Doge," Dogecoin's vendors would be at risk of being sued. Not only that, but Josh Wise, Dogecoin's sponsored NASCAR driver, may face a backlash for the Dogecar. Needless to say, the Dogecoin community has quite a bit to worry about. With that kind of power, UltraPRO could do serious damage to the Dogecoin economic infrastructure. UltraPRO responded to the Daily....