The move is typical for a tech company, Michelle Cooke, a partner and co-lead of the media and entertainment industry division at the law firm Arent Fox Schiff, told Insider. And a lot of times it's something they're seriously working on."īyteDance listed out a slew of potential use cases for the "TikTok Music" trademark, including an app that lets users "live stream audio and video interactive media programming in the field of entertainment, fashion, sports, and current events," among its proposed goods and services. "If you look back through any major company's trademark filings, you'll see ones that they filed that never came to fruition.
"Typically a company the size of TikTok or ByteDance is only going to file trademark applications for items that they're seriously considering," trademark attorney Josh Gerben of Gerben Law Firm told Insider. TikTok did not respond to Insider's request for comment on what its plans were for the "TikTok Music" trademark.īut by applying for it in the US, it would eventually need to demonstrate that it is either actually using the trademark for its specified services or that it has a real (bona fide) intent to use it in connection with the sale of a product, according to three experts in trademark law. The company had plans to use TikTok as a marketing tool for Resso in India before the app was banned in June 2020 as part of a geopolitical dispute between India and China, two former Resso employees told Insider. ByteDance followed that exact strategy to grow Resso in Brazil, adding a button for TikTok users to click into the Resso app when they stumbled upon a song they wanted to hear in full, The Information reported. It's easy to see a scenario in which the company could try to convert its existing TikTok user base into paying music subscribers. TikTok Music could follow the blueprint of ByteDance's streaming-music app Resso It already runs a streaming app called Resso in three markets - India, Brazil, and Indonesia - that has been grabbing market share from other streamers in the past year. The idea that ByteDance would launch a standalone "TikTok Music" streaming service in the US to compete with players like Spotify and Apple Music isn't unfounded. Other possible use cases for "TikTok Music" in ByteDance's application include an app that would allow users to "live stream audio and video" as well as the ability to "edit and upload photographs as the cover of playlists" and "comment on music, songs, and albums."īyteDance first submitted its "TikTok Music" trademark application in Australia in November and later filed in the US on May 9. Its parent company ByteDance filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office in May for "TikTok Music," applying the phrase to a variety of goods and services including a mobile app that would allow users to "purchase, play, share, download music, songs, albums, lyrics."
Now the company appears to be inching closer to launching a standalone music streaming service of its own. TikTok is a go-to platform for discovering new music, regularly propelling songs into the mainstream and often to the top of charts like the Billboard 100 and Spotify Viral 50. ByteDance already runs a separate music streaming app called Resso in three markets.The service could feature an app for users to purchase, play, share, and download music.TikTok parent ByteDance filed a trademark application for a service called "TikTok Music.".The views of these videos have exceeded 6 billion. Over 500k TikTok videos have been created with these music tracks. I also attached a link to each track that will lead you to the track you need. Also add a track title to find the track you want.
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