Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
Furthermore, it is debatable whether the creation of NFTs can be considered “fair use”, since (i) this generates a “new” public and a new “digital” market for artworks that, to date, only existed in the real world and (ii) it deprives de facto copyright holders of a potential source of income.
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 26, 2021
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.
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IP and Legal Filings
OCTOBER 28, 2022
As of this writing, there is no explicit regulation governing the NFT market or the way NFTs should be produced, acquired, gathered, coined, etc. 11 of 2008, dated April 21, 2008, regarding Electronic Information and Transactions, as amended by Law No 19 of 2016, dated November 25, 2016.• Image source: iStock].
The IPKat
MARCH 13, 2022
In 2014, the Milan Court of First Instance dismissed the action in its entirety. Further to an appeal, in 2017 the Court of Appeal of Milan partly sided with the artist’s estate, but found that the unauthorized reproduction of the artist’s works in the context of the project and the book would not be unlawful.
IP Tech Blog
JANUARY 4, 2023
The challenge becomes even bigger if NFTs are to be commercialized, exploited, and protected in different jurisdictions and at the same time — particularly when those markets include China, where protection for a foreign NFT creator or exploiter may face unique challenges. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 4, 2023
The challenge becomes even bigger if NFTs are to be commercialized, exploited, and protected in different jurisdictions and at the same time — particularly when those markets include China, where protection for a foreign NFT creator or exploiter may face unique challenges. Tiffany created 250 NFTs and put them on the market.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 15, 2022
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] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.
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