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IP infringement in Metaverse

IIPRD

It identifies the product of that company and recognizes its own and gives some rights to ownership that can be enforced. We came to know that people can style their avatars in the virtual that means there can be potential trademarks issues; many fraudsters can use an identical symbol to deceive people to buy items.

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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated. On the trademark side, relevant is this post by Bhavya Solanki and Medha Bhatt discussing the applicability of the fair use provisions of trademark law to the unauthorized use of trademarks in the virtual world.

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Can Trademark Protection be Extended to Cryptocurrency?

Kashishipr

The presence of cryptocurrency is constantly growing, and therefore, it needs the law to transform along with it to address its administration and execution. Several courts have had trouble in applying substantive Trademark Law to this field of technology. Can Cryptocurrencies be Protected under the Trademark Law?

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Trademark Extraterritoriality: Abitron v. Hetronic Doesn’t Go the Distance (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In addition, the opinion has important ramifications for domestic trademark law through its identification of “use in commerce” as the actionable domestic conduct. Now in trademark law, extraterritorial reach is a simple on-off switch: Is there use in commerce or not? Google Inc.