Specifically, the company has filed eight new trademark applications to register its logo, indicating the social media giant plans to expand into various crypto and virtual products and services, such as cryptocurrencies, tokens, crypto trading, blockchain software, and cryptocurrency exchanges. Licensed metaverse trademark attorney Michael Kondoudis announced the news in a press release on ExpertClick on Wednesday, March 23, as well as with a tweet detailing all the items that the applications cover. Commenting on the new trademarks, which Meta submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 18, 2022, Mr. Kondoudis said that: The trademark attorney concluded that:
Metaverse: the final frontier
Notably, Meta is just another metaverse participant among an assortment of corporations, brands, celebrities, and even sports teams taking interest in the space and expanding it with their trademark applications. Only a couple of days before press time, Finbold reported of the French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) filing trademarks that will allow it to offer multimedia backed by non-fungible tokens (NFTs), along with crypto wallets, cryptocurrency transaction management, virtual clothing, digital sports gear, and electronics. American Express (NYSE: AXP) jumped on the metaverse bandwagon a week before, filing for seven new trademark applications for its name, logo, and slogans. This will allow the credit card service company to offer NFT-backed multimedia, virtual banking, cryptocurrency services, and exchange services. Meanwhile, the celebrity newcomers to the metaverse include the recording artist Billie Eilish, whose company Lash Music LLC filed for trademark applications for Eilish’s name and the Blohsh logo in late February.
