Firm Insights
Part Three of Three: In the prior blog posts in this series, I described generally how an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) operates and discussed how the Securities and Exchange Commission views the coins or tokens generated from an ICO. In this post, I explore the guidance (or lack-thereof) from the Internal Revenue Service. PART ONE: Initial…
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Part Two of Three: In my prior blog post in this series, I described generally how an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) operates. In this post, I discuss how the coins or tokens generated from an ICO are viewed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. PART ONE: Initial Coin Offerings: A Primer and Suggestion of Impending Issues…
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Two years ago, in a post entitled “Is Your Brand Naughty or Nice? The New Santa at the Trademark Office“, I discussed some rulings at the U.S. Trademark Office that suggested that those old fuddy-duddies might be relaxing their view of what types of trademarks violate the immoral/scandalous rule in the Lanham Act. In addition…
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