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The Legal Governance Of Non-Fungible Tokens- Analysing Which Field Of Law Should Govern Nfts

IP and Legal Filings

In this paper, it is argued that Private-property law must be the field of law governing transactions involving Non-Fungible Tokens. Consequently, the law of property will be invoked more than the law of contract or licencing in the emerging area of non-fungible tokens. Peak Computer, Inc., 2d 511 (9th Cir.

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3 Count: Paparazzi Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

Next up today, Lubomir Tassev at Bitcoin.com reports that the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) has announced that it is targeting copyright infringement taking place via non-fungible tokens (NFTs). However, that has now ended too as the plaintiffs have agreed to drop the case.

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3 Count: International Incidents

Plagiarism Today

” NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have seen both big sales and big business in the past year. However, it was raided in 2016 and two men, the owner and his son, were arrested. The case was initiated by the Qatari company beIN and targeted the Advanced TV Network (ATN).

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3 Count: Pulp NFT

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction. 3: $31m piracy penalty for ChitramTV.

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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. 2016: [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. 2016: [link]. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease. The firm has registered more than 4,000 U.S.

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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

Plagiarism Today

As such, the new LimeWiere will not be a file sharing network, but a marketplace for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), initially focusing on music. In July 2016, Rhapsody rebranded itself as Napster , dropping the previous name completely.