Leading financial services company Visa has filed a flurry of trademarks that may portend its impending expansion in the cryptocurrency sector.
On October 27th, accredited trademark attorney Michael Kondoudis tweeted about a trademark that had been submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The Visa International Service Association submitted two trademark applications to the USPTO on October 22nd, one of which seeks protections for the use of its character mark in applications “to view, access, store, monitor, manage, trade, send, receive, transmit, and exchange” crypto assets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Visa to Embrace the Metaverse?
Visa has filed trademark protection for “non-downloadable virtual products,” which includes NFT collectibles. These non-fungible token provisions extend the scope of the trademark applications beyond merely software and wallets for cryptocurrency…
