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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This first duel has ended in a victory for the NFTs, at least for now. “Oiseau volant vers le soleil” by Joan Miró displayed in Mango stores, together with the NFT “The rainbow wears Mango” based on such painting. VEGAP has announced that it has appealed this judgment.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

Though an argument can be made that the company is already causing confusion by selling such a similar costume (Disney made this argument in 2008 when it sued and later settled with a costume company selling costumes similar to Disney characters), it would be considerably worse if they used the name Beetlejuice. Bottom Line.

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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

IP and Legal Filings

The Trademarks Act 1999- The Act intends on protecting the name of the brand by registering the trade name of the brand, hence eliminating the possibility of any other person using it without facing consequences. Visibly, the most imitated brands around the world are Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Michael Kors, Coach, Nike, Rolex etc.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

LexBlog IP

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form.

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Unroll the Scroll Painting: Inside the Chinese Art Market and Its Regulatory Landscape

LexBlog IP

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] Challenges: exchange control and tax. 22] The tariff rate sometime would also be affected by geopolitics.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

LexBlog IP

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. § 102(a); see also Pride Family Brands, Inc. Turner Heritage Homes Inc., 3d 1314, 1320 (11th Cir. 7] Hamil America, Inc. GFI , 193 F.3d 3d 92, 108 (2d Cir.