from reading previous posts I understand that Mtgox is the owner of bitcoin trademark
when using this in a product like a medallion or chocolate coin or advertising does Mtgox require that the user seeks permission first?
Are fees or royalties due for such use?
Mt.Gox owns shit.
Have a nice day and don't worry about it.
If you doubt me, go to:
USPTO.gov and do a search or two.
Likely wouldn't expect to see anything there in the USA database.
These are Japanese and EU trademarks.
The
Madrid Protocol worldwide database has them listed.... as deleted.
That might be why the offer to sell them was recinded?
And this:
https://thebitcoinnews.co.uk/2014/05/29/bitcoin-sarl-cancellation-proceedings-on-ohim-against-tibanne-mt-gox-bitcoin-trademark/The company hopes to raise at least 100 million yen, or about $1 million, for a package including the Bitcoin trademarks in Japan and the European Union, the Journal quoted an executive of the company as saying.
It is also looking for a buyer for the domain name bitcoins.com, the paper said, adding it was unclear whether any money from the sale would be used to pay back the creditors of MtGox.
The executive said the company wanted to sell the trademarks because it had no use for them, the Journal said, without naming the company official.
Tibanne, a company headed by former MtGox chief Mark Karpeles, had its registration of the Bitcoin trademark approved in Japan in 2012, an AFP search of the online database of the patent authority showed.
