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[Guest post] Free Holdings case raises important issues regarding the legal nature of NFTs

The IPKat

Ownership of every name periodically expires and, at that point, anyone may freely claim it on Namecoin by re-registering the expired name. The entire history of the name can be seen here ) On May 28, 2021, McCoy minted another NFT to record the Quantum artwork, this time on the Ethereum blockchain. a jpeg) stored on the cloud.

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The Growing Popularity of NFTs: How to Protect Your NFT Personal Property Rights

LexBlog IP

Although NFTs have been around since 2014 , this asset class has only just experienced its first and quite remarkable outgrowth , thus staking its claim in the broader blockchain industry. This is the unfortunate reality for most NFT projects: their artwork is entirely mutable which defeats the entire purpose of those NFTs.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The Regulations also protect the rights of authors of an original applied or fine artwork to a share in the proceeds of sale of that work as long as copyright subsists. In Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria Limited neglected to renew their contract with actor and filmmaker Adewole Ojo to use his photographs for advertisements.

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Principal Cynthia Walden and Associate Sarah Kelleher Author World Intellectual Property Review Article “Selling the Intangible in Fashion: What Does It Mean for Trademark Protection?”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts. NFTs are only the latest eyebrow-raising trend that involve goods and services that are intangible or intrinsically difficult to value. The NFTs act to authenticate these items.

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Taking the “Fun” Out of Non-Fungible Tokens: Could Securities Laws Apply to NFTs?

LexBlog IP

As many know by now, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) are unique units of data stored on a blockchain that have become an increasingly popular way to buy and sell artwork (as well as all kinds of other things). The phrase “investment contract” is not defined in the Securities Act. Howey Co. , That definition is known as the Howey test.