Trademarks filed for NFTs, metaverse and cryptocurrencies soar to new levels in 2022

Trademark applications filed for NFTs alone grew from a total of 2,142 filed for 2021 to 6,855 by the end of October 2022.
Source: Trademarks filed for NFTs, metaverse and cryptocurrencies soar to new levels in 2022 (https://cointelegraph.com/news/trademarks-filed-for-nfts-metaverse-and-cryptocurrencies-soar-to-new-levels-in-2022)
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