Dogecoin IP Owners Gain Rights to Sister Neiro

Intellectual property (IP) could soon end up in a digital dogfight.

Own The Doge DAO, a collective that owns the original ‘doge’ meme, said on Tuesday that it had acquired the rights to use images of the shiba inu mascot Neiro and was holding a community discussion about which NEIRO token can continue to use the taste of the dog.

“We are pleased to announce that @kabosumama has officially granted our DAO the Neiro IP,” Own The Doge said on his name and history.”

“However, since then, these different tokens have fought each other to become the ‘real’ Neiro, without any agreed criteria. But it doesn’t have to be that way. “Our DAO owns the intellectual property rights to Neiro,” the post said, adding that the doge community could join the DAO and vote for which token they consider the “real” one.

The ongoing discussion will allow the community and external members to comment and find a way to use Neiro’s intellectual property, before including it in an actual on-chain proposal voted on by DOG token holders.

Neiro is the Shiba Inu adopted by the human owner of Kabosu, the dog that inspired the “doge” meme, after she passed away in July. The announcement of a new dog spurred the creation of numerous NEIRO tokens on Solana and Ethereum at the time, with two of those tokens reaching hundreds of millions in market capitalization and enjoying active communities as of Wednesday.

As far as Neiro’s owner, Kabosumama, was concerned, none of the chips were legitimate.

“I see a lot of chips related to Kabosu and Neiro. To clarify, I do not endorse any crypto projects except @ownthedog $dog because they own the original Doge photo and IP,” he said in an X post at the time. “They are committed to doing only good every day, charity work and Doge culture.”

“Please be careful with token scams,” he said.

The discussion has generated opinions from several token teams that use or are around Neiro, each claiming to be first or better than the other.

“We think the Neiro IP should correspond to the first Neiro meme coin on the chain,” said @Neirowoof, the first Neiro token on any chain, on the talk page. “This is the original Neiro with a dedicated community whose mission has been to protect Kabosu’s legacy since the day Atsuko posted her blog announcing Neiro’s adoption.”

“Unfortunately, we have faced several power-hungry forces whose sole objective was to usurp the narrative for quick financial gain. Being the first Neiro means something special, as we are the true Sister of DOGE and the Guardians of Kabosu’s Legacy. “We will never stop loving Kabosu and Neiro for the lovely creatures and memes they are,” the team added.

The discussions come as IP-backed memecoins begin to become a major topic in the world of memecoins, which have until now operated without legal issues.

Intellectual property, or intellectual property, may include meme characters, video games, or any cultural phenomenon that was officially trademarked or copyrighted before its tokens were offered to the public.

Tokens are beginning to face the risk of legal action from intellectual property holders if they do not own or secure the rights to the intellectual property they emulate or represent. Non-IP tokens like chillguy (CHILLGUY) and pnut (PNUT) are already facing legal challenges despite being popular and widely traded.

On Monday, Mark Longo, the owner of Peanut the Squirrel who inspired the PNUT token, issued a cease and desist letter to Binance, accusing it of trademark infringement for listing and offering the PNUT memecoin.

Longo claimed that Binance used its “Peanut the Squirrel” trademark and mascot image without permission, noting that it has been using the PNUT brand for educational and animal welfare initiatives since 2017.

Could NEIRO tokens suffer the same fate soon? Their communities will decide.



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