Meta, formerly Facebook, has filed eight trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, regarding blockchain technology and the proposed metaverse. The applications and their areas of interest, ordered by serial number, are listed below:
- 97320155: Online social networking and dating services, including a specific branch tailored for networking between cryptocurrency investors.
- 97320153: Design and development of computer hardware and software relating to Web 3.0, including gaming, e-commerce, blockchain transactions, etc.
- 97320149: Entertainment and electronic publishing services, partly within virtual reality.
- 97320147: Telecommunication services for electronic assets held on its platform.
- 97320146: Financial transaction processing services relating to tokens, blockchain assets, cryptocurrencies, and other virtual assets.
- 97320144: Advertising services via virtual or augmented reality networks and the metaverse.
- 97320140: Wearable peripherals for video games connected to virtual reality.
- 97320136: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application, such as for user authentication, online charitable fundraising, and most notably, for hardware or e-wallets.
The USPTO may take up to eight months to process trademark applications from the date they were originally filed. Similarly, Monster Energy and the New York Stock Exchange have also recently applied for trademarks related to digital assets and the metaverse.
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, stated that Instagram would soon be integrating NFTs into its various products. But not all cryptocurrency ventures have turned out to be positive for the Web 3.0 giant. Around the same time, Meta was sued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for “false, misleading or misleading conduct” by posting fraudulent celebrity cryptocurrency ads on its platform that allegedly resulted in losses for investors. .
