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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

Top Trademark Trends of 2021. 2021 was a busy year in the world of trademarks. The uncertainties of COVID in a second year couldn’t stop huge application filing numbers and many developments in the world of trademarks. As of December 2021, filings are still high but have slowed in recent months.

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

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Class 9: Virtual two wheelers; virtual motorcycles; virtual scooters; virtual three wheelers; virtual electric vehicles; virtual gaming studio, virtual gaming parlour, downloadable multimedia files containing artwork, text, audio and video files and non-fungible tokens. Dec 21, 2021. Dec 21, 2021. Dec 15, 2021.

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Analysing the Intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Intellectual Property Rights

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billion in 2021 to USD 2.2 Apart from this, Non-Fungible Tokens, the brainchild of Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash, is a unit of data stored in a digital ledger that certifies that the digital asset is unique and is hence non-interchangeable. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have garnered attention and popularity in 2021.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

And the number of active trademark registrations in the USPTO database is larger than ever. Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

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Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) continue to be popular. 10 of 2021, dated May 21, 2021. Article 143 of the Patent Law provides patent holders recourse to file claims in the Commercial Court if the rights under their patent are infringed by another party. Introduction. MOCI Regulation No.

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute. Non-fungible tokens (‘NFTs’) have occupied a significant space in current legal discourse, in no small part due to the numerous legal questions that have emerged in their wake. Authors: Abhijay Srekanth and Vivek Basanagoudar.

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Trademarks And the Metaverse

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The world’s most popular multiplayer online game platform, “Roblox,” hosted a virtual “Gucci Garden” for two weeks in 2021 for the well-known luxury fashion label “Gucci.” ” Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also been investigated by other Indian companies for application in the metaverse.