2022 Artwork Contracts Non-Fungible Tokens 
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 23, 2023
Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market. The fact that it cannot be duplicated by another token due to its unique ID is a noteworthy feature. NFTs are governed by smart contracts, which divide ownership and limit transferability.
SpicyIP
MAY 18, 2022
Hermes has sued a Californian artist, Mason Rothschild, for his “MetaBirkins” digital artworks alleging trademark infringement. Feb 25, 2022. March 4, 2022. Feb 22, 2022. In the US too, several companies are protecting their trademarks for similar goods and services. TOMMY JEANS. Dec 21, 2021.
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IPilogue
APRIL 11, 2022
I attended the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings (“GOTTMs”) hosted by Leiden University on April 5, 2022. He explained that an NFT typically includes only information about the artwork’s location. The actual artwork is not stored within the NFT because storing large amounts of data on a blockchain is fairly expensive.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
The NFT art market, that is NFTs which specifically link an artwork or a digital file (a song, for example), have already gone mainstream and, of course, artists and projects owners have asked lawyers to prepare IP licenses to protect their IP. Let alone was it clear how to protect the IP rights in the artwork linked to it.
The IPKat
MAY 3, 2022
Is 2022 the year of the Metaverse? Moving on to the EU and searching for goods and services like “ downloadable virtual goods ” filed since 1st January 2022 on the EU register disclosed, as of 2nd May 2022, 340 results. It would certainly seem so. This is to be distinguished from the internet as we currently know it.
The IPKat
APRIL 19, 2023
The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Paolo Maria Gangi (Studio Gangi) on a recent case addressing the legal nature of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The legal nature of an NFT In each NFT there is a non-fungible token created by the smart contract and an image (e.g.,
The IPKat
JUNE 13, 2022
There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months. Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark.
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