According to Foresight News, as reported by the Korea Economic Daily, South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank has applied to the Korean Intellectual Property Office for trademarks related to stablecoins linked to the US dollar and Japanese yen, totaling 27, including USDKB and JPYKB.
The trademarks applied for are divided into two product categories: Class 9 (software for electronic financial trading platforms for stablecoin transactions, etc.) and Class 36 (stablecoin financial trading services, stablecoin electronic transfer services, etc.), with a total of 49 trademark applications. Previously, KB Kookmin Bank also applied for 17 trademarks related to the Korean won stablecoin. This trademark application allows KB Kookmin Bank to be the first to obtain trademark rights for US dollar and Japanese yen stablecoins following the Korean won.
