For some reason, a UK entity registered in Middlesex named The Sun & Sand Foundation is attempting to do exactly that. A Reddit user discovered two trademark filings pertaining to Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold. It is unclear who exactly is behind this, or why it’s being done now.
Trade mark name BitcoinGold
Application number UK00003261064
Applicant name Sun & Sand Foundation
Application date 3-10-2017
Trade mark status Filed
Trade mark office GB
Nice class 9,36,38,41,42,45
Trade mark name BitcoinCash
Application number UK00003261063
Applicant name Sun & Sand Foundation
Application date 3-10-2017
Trade mark status Filed
Trade mark office GB
Nice class 9,36,41,42,45
Trade mark name BITCOIN CASH
Application number 87633636
Applicant name Regalbuto, Anthony
Application date 4-10-2017
Trade mark status Filed
Trade mark office US
Nice class 36
The hermit kingdom registered three trademarks with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), two of which were of the Ryukyung Kimchi Factory and the Pyongyang Bag Factory.
北朝鮮の商標はWIPOに出されていますが、概ねフランス語で提出されています。2017年11月現在61件の登録があります。中国(CN)やロシア(RU)を指定国としているものが多いですが、中にはGB, SE、BX, DE, FRを指定しているものもあります。記事の商標の1つは、新しい柳京キムチ工場で生産されている中国、ロシア輸出用のキムチの商標で、次の商標登録のようです。(North Korean Trademark)
Name and address of the holder of the registration
Fabrique de Kimchi Rhyukyong
Commune de Misan 2,
arrondissement de Taesong
Pyongyang (KP)
KP
Name and address of the representative
Agence des marques de Samcholli
P.O. Box 11,
Commune de Ponghak,
Arrondissement de Phyongchon
Pyongyang (KP)
The London Taxi Company wanted to claim exclusive rights to the black cab shape and thwart a rival firm. But Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice Floyd have upheld a ruling made last year by a high court judge. In January 2016, Mr Justice Arnold ruled that the shape was not a “valid registered trademark” after a high court hearing in London.
LeBron James has filed to trademark the phrase “Nothing is given. Everything is earned.”The Cleveland Cavaliers forward filed for the phrase, which he first used in the 2014 Sports Illustrated article that announced his return to Cleveland, with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office earlier this month.
(210)/(260)Application number D992003001835
(270)Application language id
(220)Application date 2003-01-24
Trade mark office Indonesia – ID
(190)Registration office ID
(111)Registration number IDM000004040
(151)Registration date 2004-04-14
(141)Expiry date 2013-01-24
(550)Trade mark type Combined
(551)Kind of mark Individual
(591)Claimed colour(s) HITAM
(511)Nice classification 30
Current trade mark status Application filed
Status date 2013-01-24
(511)Nice class number 30
List of goods and services Gula, tepung gula, glucosa, biscuit, permen, kembang gula, kue kering, dodol, jenang, coklat, mesis, snack: kue basah/kering, kue wafer, coklat stik, bubuk pengembang kue/roti, baking powder, gist, saos-saos, sambal, kecap, tauco, trasi, petis, tapioka, sagu, terigu, maezena, hunkwe, tepung beras, tepung kacang ijo, tepung kue, sohun, mihun, misoa, es krim, es lilin, teh, minuman teh, kakao, coklat, bubuk, roti, hamberger, donat, kue, bolu, kopi.
Name HERRI DJOHAN
Address country ID
Address Jl. Holis 147 Babakan Babakan Ciparai Bandung – 40222