{"id":4269,"date":"2022-07-04T02:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T02:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:30:50","slug":"football-clubs-metaverse-nft-trademark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/football-clubs-metaverse-nft-trademark\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Club&#8217;s Metaverse &#038; NFT Trademark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Crystal Palace Football Club has made its foray into the metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) space, evident through a trademark application.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English football club is joining a global trend where organizations, brands, and celebrities are increasingly exploring non-tradable tokens (NFTs) and the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/metaverse-blog\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"21\">metaverse<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as innovative avenues to engage with their fanbase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The English football club has filed a trademark application for the metaverse and NFT.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-1.jpg\" alt=\"Football Club's Metaverse &amp; NFT Trademark\" class=\"wp-image-10002\" style=\"width:750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-1-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-1-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crystal Palace FC has engaged the services of licensed metaverse trademark attorney Michael Kondoudis, who recently took to Twitter to share this news with his followers.<\/strong> According to Kondoudis, a trademark application for the club&#8217;s coat of arms was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on June 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of its trademark filing, the football club&#8217;s scope includes NFTs, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/crypto-information-and-news-platform\/\">cryptocurrencies<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, digital collectibles, virtual shoes, clothing, and sporting goods. Additionally, it extends to online NFT and crypto markets and exchanges, as well as NFT-approved media, among other related categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Metaverse and NFTs are held in the soccer field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-2-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Football Club's Metaverse &amp; NFT Trademark\" class=\"wp-image-10003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-2-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-2-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-2-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Football-Clubs-Metaverse-NFT-Trademark-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By filing this trademark application, Crystal Palace is following the lead of other prominent football entities, such as Paris Saint-Germain, which submitted a trademark application for NFTs in mid-March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, the English Premier League, where Crystal Palace FC competes, embraced the metaverse trend with two filings, incorporating the &#8220;loving&#8221; phrase associated with its name and the &#8220;lion head&#8221; logo, both submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Notably, one of these filings includes the &#8220;trophy&#8221; logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, it&#8217;s worth noting that in late June, football star and Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo entered into an exclusive multi-year NFT partnership with <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/binance-news-and-content\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"71\">Binance<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the world&#8217;s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. This partnership aims to create various NFT products on the Binance platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may also like this content<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace Football Club has made its foray into the metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) space, evident through a trademark application. The English football club is joining a global trend where organizations, brands, and celebrities are increasingly exploring non-tradable tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse as innovative avenues to engage with their fanbase. 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