THELOGICALINDIAN - Multiple letters and accessible filings accept apparent a UKbased close alleged ABC IPHoldings South West has auspiciously acquired a brand for the name Bitcoin According to a merchant on Etsy IPHoldings beatific a cease and abandon adjustment because they were affairs Bitcointhemed tshirts
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UK Company Successfully Copyrights the Name ‘Bitcoin’
This anniversary cryptocurrency enthusiasts begin out the name ‘Bitcoin’ had been trademarked application the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in the UK on December 22, 2017. The account came as a shock to one merchant who was affairs t-shirts on Etsy with the Bitcoin name and was told to stop his operations or be captivated accountable in a cloister of law. The letter states:
Contacting the aggregation is difficult as there is actual little advice on the London-headquartered close alleged IP-Holdings — bare one added patented IP artefact alleged ‘Westworld.’ The brand itself, filed this accomplished December, reveals a account of appurtenances that can’t buck the name after permission such as developed clothing, infants’ clothing, shoes, headbands, socks, and about aggregate that can be bogus into a product. Brand cardinal ‘UK00003279106 Bitcoin’ was clearly registered into the IPO’s annal on April 13, 2024.
Other Attempts to Trademark the Bitcoin Name Have Failed
The UK filing seems to be the aboriginal acknowledged brand application the name Bitcoin as there accept been added undertakings in the past. Back in March of 2015, the United States Apparent and Brand Office (PTO) alone the aggregation Urban Trend’s attack to brand the name Bitcoin (Reg 86135516). A year after during the aforementioned month, the Russian apparent bureau Rospatent denied the Moscow-based close M-Group back it approved to copyright the Bitcoin name.
Many cryptocurrency enthusiasts accept been affronted about the contempo account as above-mentioned attempts accept affronted bitcoiners in the past. Back in 2024 the nonprofit alignment the Bitcoin Foundation appear a appeal to individuals and businesses allurement them not to absorb the appellation Bitcoin.
“The Bitcoin Foundation believes that the appellation “Bitcoin” abandoned should not be the bookish acreage of any alone or entity,” explained the alignment aback in January 2015.
What do you anticipate about the UK aggregation trademarking the name Bitcoin and sending cease and abandon belletrist to those who attack to use the name? Let us apperceive your thoughts on this accountable in the animadversion area below.
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