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.,
IP Tech Blog
MARCH 18, 2022
Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Although NFTs have been around since 2014, their far-reaching, multi-layered legal implications are just now being recognized.
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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
JUNE 16, 2022
Principal Cynthia Walden and Associate Sarah Kelleher discuss the non-fungible token (NFT) trend across the fashion industry and what this digital arena means for trademark protection and enforcement. NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
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. That court found that most of Prince’s work was non-infringing (though several works still were) and the two sides ultimately settled the case in March 2014.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 18, 2022
Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Although NFTs have been around since 2014, their far-reaching, multi-layered legal implications are just now being recognized.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 1, 2022
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. , not the investor).
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. With an astounding $17.7 Each Bored Ape is an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain.
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