Cryptocurrencies
Lord of the Rings Crypto Bid Fails in Tolkien Brand Pushback
- Cryptocurrency confusingly similar to Tolkien trademark: WIPO
- Domain name ordered to be transferred to author’s estate
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Call it a victory for Middle Earth. A Florida man who tried to create a cryptocurrency token that riffed off the name and imagery of “Lord of the of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien has been roundly defeated by a patent tribunal.