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Insights from the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings

IPilogue

Dirk Visser of Leiden University moderated this discussion on non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) and intellectual property (“IP”), which featured three speakers— Richard Lehv , Alexandra Giannopoulou , and Andres Guadamuz —who discussed different aspects of NFTs through their individual presentations.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

Trademark filings related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exploded in 2021. 2011: [link]. As of December 2021, filings are still high but have slowed in recent months. 2021 is still likely to be another record year for US trademark filings, despite the increased USPTO filing fees implemented in January. NFT trademarks.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

While substantially more applications for goods and services that include the terms “NFTs” and “non-fungible tokens” were filed in 2022 than 2021, the number of NFT applications began to decrease in the second half of 2022. 2011: [link]. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease. 2020: [link]. 2019: [link]. 2018: [link].

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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

On September 23, the art site PokerPaint announced on their Twitter (Tweet now deleted) that they were releasing a series of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on OpenSea. As for the case itself, it was settled in 2011 with neither side surrendering their position. From PokerPaint Websote. 2: The Richard Prince Decision.

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Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Intepat

In 2011, wildlife photographer David Slater captured a monkey selfie, which gained widespread attention online. Some of his works have been sold as NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). Slater, 16-15469, popularly known as the Monkey selfie case.

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Inside Arbitration: Cyber disputes – are there borders in the blockchain?

Herbert Smith Freehills

One recent case gives some indication on how the English courts are responding in a dispute about trading blockchain-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) between a trading platform and its user ( Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC [2022] EWHC 773 (Comm) ). 100 winners of one NFT auction .

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Trademarks And the Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also been investigated by other Indian companies for application in the metaverse. 181 (2011) DLT 716. [2] The platform integrates platforms, digital accelerators, domain and design skills, and solid partnerships in a “rich creator-partner economy.”