Mt. Gox to Sell Bitcoin Trademark, But Could a Buyer Enforce It?

Mt. Gox to Sell Bitcoin Trademark, But Could a Buyer Enforce It?

Tibanne KK, the parent company of the now-bankrupt Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, is currently searching for investors to buy the company's trademark rights to the word "bitcoin". The company first acquired the trademark in 2011, and the rights to associated protections are not set to expire until 2021 in the EU and in 2022 in Japan. However, the potential sale of the bitcoin trademark raises questions over the validity of the "bitcoin" trademark and whether it could be held up in court owing to the word's general usage throughout the digital currency ecosystem. For an expert's....


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