{"id":5867,"date":"2022-12-22T04:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T04:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:13:34","slug":"mercedes-benz-files-nft-metaverse-trademark-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/mercedes-benz-files-nft-metaverse-trademark-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz Files NFT &amp; Metaverse Trademark Application"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mercedes-Benz has recently announced its entry into the NFT and metaverse realm by filing a trademark application that also encompasses crypto-asset trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not Mercedes-Benz&#8217;s initial foray into the cryptocurrency sector. In July, Daimler South East Asia, a division of the Mercedes-Benz Group, unveiled Acentrik, a data sharing network based on Ethereum Layer-2 scalability platform Polygon&#8217;s blockchain technology. Following the lead of BMW, Renault, and Nissan, Hyundai has now also ventured into the digital universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mercedes-Benz-Files-NFT-Metaverse-Trademark-Application-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes-Benz Files NFT &amp; Metaverse Trademark Application\" class=\"wp-image-12156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mercedes-Benz-Files-NFT-Metaverse-Trademark-Application-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mercedes-Benz-Files-NFT-Metaverse-Trademark-Application-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mercedes-Benz-Files-NFT-Metaverse-Trademark-Application-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mercedes-Benz-Files-NFT-Metaverse-Trademark-Application-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mercedes-Benz-Files-NFT-Metaverse-Trademark-Application-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mercedes-Benz-Files-NFT-Metaverse-Trademark-Application.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise in NFT and metaverse-related applications has been significant lately. According to recent reports, Mercedes-Benz disclosed its filing of a trademark application focused on NFTs and the metaverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a related development, Hyundai Motor made automotive history in April by becoming the first car manufacturer to launch community-based NFTs. Subsequently, in May, McLaren Automotive partnered with MSO LAB to create unique, limited-edition McLaren NFTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trademark attorney Michael Kondoudis shared details of the application on his official Twitter account. According to Kondoudis, the trademark applications for \u201cMercedes-Benz, Mercedes, S-Class, G-Class, and Maybach\u201d cover a range of areas, including NFTs and the metaverse, digital currencies, retail stores, and crypto trading for virtual vehicle parts.<\/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>Mercedes-Benz has recently announced its entry into the NFT and metaverse realm by filing a trademark application that also encompasses crypto-asset trading. This is not Mercedes-Benz&#8217;s initial foray into the cryptocurrency sector. In July, Daimler South East Asia, a division of the Mercedes-Benz Group, unveiled Acentrik, a data sharing network based on Ethereum Layer-2 scalability &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,309],"tags":[318,316],"class_list":["post-5867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metaverse1","category-web3new","tag-metaverse-news","tag-nft"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}