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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

The biggest individual brand story of the year was Facebook’s announcement of its new META brand. Trademark filings related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exploded in 2021. 2016: [link]. Mega META announcement. As of December 2021, filings are still high but have slowed in recent months. NFT trademarks.

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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

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As such, the new LimeWiere will not be a file sharing network, but a marketplace for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), initially focusing on music. In their statement, Julian Zehetmayer said, “We’ve obviously got this great mainstream brand that everybody’s nostalgic about.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

Besides Mariah, there were many other celebrity trademark stories this year, as more an more celebrities launch more and more brands. 2016: [link]. Carey may still be able to use the phrase even without registration. Celebrity trademark messes. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease. The firm has registered more than 4,000 U.S.

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