Dogecoin Users Outraged Over Trademark
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....
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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....
Dogecoin is not dead. Earlier this month, the Dogecoin community had experienced its share of internal drama. Starting with the UltraPro trademark anger and moving to Jackson Palmer calling the community "cult-like," this dog has seen better days. Alex Green of Moolah even took to calling out one biased article that was skewering Dogecoin and calling for its death. To the naysayer's dismay though, the Dogecoin price has seen positive fluctuations and the community is returning back to "normal," whatever wacky and crazy state that may be at this point. CNN. Dogecoin has been an interesting....
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....