Zuckerberg’s Meta Files 8 Trademark Applications Covering Crypto


Mark
Zuckerberg's Meta, previously known as Facebook, filed documented eight trademark
applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),
register its logo, connecting with blockchain technology and its proposed
metaverse services such as crypto trading.
Washington D.C.-based
Licensed metaverse trademark lawyer Michael Kondoudis announced the news in a
press release on Wednesday, March 23, as well as with a tweet enumerating the
filing of eight different cryptocurrency-related trademark applications of
Meta.
The lawyer's Twitter message read:
"Meta Platforms has filed 8 trademark applications
for its Logo. The applications cover:
- Crypto tokens
- Blockchain
software
- Virtual currency
exchanges
- Financial +
Currency trading
- Digital, crypto,
and virtual currencies
#NFTs #Metaverse
#Cryptocurrency"
Kondoudis
portrayed Meta's applications as a blueprint for how the organization means to
participate in the metaverse.
In a separate
press release issued by Kondoudis, he stated, "These filings reflect the
company's strategy for moving into the metaverse. Meta has significant plans
for the virtual economy that will drive it. Meta's latest trademark filings will
surely be of interest to participants in the financial sector and beyond."
A speedy inquiry
of the U.S. Brand name Electronic Search System affirmed the filings (chronic
numbers: 97320155, 97320153, 97320149, 97320147, 97320146, 97320144, 97320140,
and 97320136) occurred on March 18, and that Kondoudis was not the lawyer of
record for the applications. There was no reaction from Meta to an email
solicitation to remark on this turn of events.
It can take more time to eight months for
the USPTO to deal with trademark applications after their initial filing. Last
week, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, said that Instagram would before long be
incorporating NFTs across its different items.
Recently, Monster Energy and the New York Stock Exchange have likewise filed trademark applications connecting with digital assets and the metaverse.
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INDIA