Bitcoin Trademark, Issued for the first time in Russia
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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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....
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A prominent financial services institution has jumped on the cryptocurrency trademark bandwagon, filing fresh trademark rights for virtual worlds, nonfungible tokens, and more. Mastercard has filed 15 trademark applications for its brand name, the tagline “Priceless,” and its circles logo, all of which allude to metaverse and NFT objectives. This is a significant step for […]
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....
Ripple Labs Inc., issuers of the XRP cryptocurrency, has filed for a new trademark called “Paystring” with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The trademark was filed on Nov. 6 and accepted on Friday, according to the USPTO website. Although Ripple did not specify which sort of business will fall under the new product, it is notable that the trademark’s registration description matches that of PayID, a trademark it registered on June 17, word for word. Both the official description for Paystring and PayID read: “[The]…trademark registration is....