Blockchain are registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse — Crypto and

Want to register a fresh TLD with one of these suddenly hot terms? You’re going to deal with the TMCH.

Remember the Trademark Clearinghouse for fresh top level domain names?

By getting a mark filed with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), a firm can get first rights to a domain matching the mark when a fresh TLD goes through sunrise. Also, people that try to register a domain matching the mark get a warning during the start of general availability. This triggers a notification to the trademark holder, too.

I’ve documented how some firms tried to game the system. But with fresh TLDs coming out with lackluster interest, the concept of premium domains with premium pricing, and fresh TLDs rolling out slowly now, you don’t hear regarding it much more.

So you might be surprised to see that Blockchain and Crypto are in the TMCH database.

I might give the crypto trademark owners a break. There are three marks in the database, apparently from two different firms using Swiss trademarks. Their websites are bordotek.com and crypto.ch. I’ll cut them some slack since they are in the crypto-security space, not cryptocurrencies.

But blockchain? A French technology firm called Athanor has registered its mark in the TMCH database. Hmm.

There are no registrations for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency.