Binance was the first to receive a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing the social media influencer. PNUT Meme Coin Listings Trigger Potential Litigation Mark Longo owner of Peanut – the squirrel that rose to national stardom after it was seized and abruptly euthanized by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) – said […]
Community Backlash Forces Matter Labs to Drop ‘ZK’ Trademark Bid
The developer of the Zksync Ethereum Layer 2 network, Matter Labs, abandoned its bid to trademark the term ‘ZK’ just days after asserting its right to do so. Matter Labs’ trademark bid withdrawal follows a furious community backlash that ultimately saw co-inventors of zero-knowledge proofs publicly chastise the developer. Community Backlash Ends Matter Labs’ ZK […]
US Grocery Chain Trader Joe’s Sues Decentralized Exchange Trader Joe for Trademark Infringement
Grocery chain Trader Joe’s filed a lawsuit this month against the decentralized exchange (dex) platform Trader Joe for trademark infringement. The suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, alleges that Trader Joe illegally copied the Trader Joe’s brand name and seeks to bar the exchange from using the name. Supermarket Trader Joe’s Says Dex […]