In 2016, the former CEO of Ripple, Chris Larsen made what can only be described as a critical decision. Larsen did a deal with R3, a bank consortium building its project on the blockchain, inclusive of an option for R3Âs partner to buy 5 billion units of XRP for $0.0085 per unit.
The customer discovered that whilst he waited for the wifi to connect malicious code had been installed on his laptop. The malicious code written for the purposes of covert cryptocurrency mining.
Whilst not happy, Coinbase is claiming a partial victory.
The market valuation of all of the cryptocurrencies combined has surpassed the market cap of leading financial service provider Visa, by $30 billion. So crypto currencies are of course here to stay but how many of them have filed for a trade mark? Not many….
The American Chemical Society awarded a permanent injunction that ordered domain name registrars, hosting companies, search engines and ISPs and essentially any person in participation with Sci-Hub to cease the facilitation of access to Sci-Hub’s domains.
Sci-Hub were sued by the Chemical Society in America (ACS) because they were distributing academic papers without a license, and has led to a landmark web-blocking order.
Part 2 So three other well known coins Ripple Dash and Monero have considered the trade mark issues with different levels of success. Ripple and Dash are heavily protected whilst Monero has failed!!
Stream ripping websites allow users to Âlift content from YouTube and convert it into MP3s, meaning that users have access to content when and where they want and without paying for it.
The first verse of the civil rights anthem, We Shall Overcome has recently been freed from copyright following the verdict of a New York federal judge.
Dweezil Zappa in dispute with his late father’s family trust over the Zappa Trade Mark.
