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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market. The fact that it cannot be duplicated by another token due to its unique ID is a noteworthy feature. NFTs are governed by smart contracts, which divide ownership and limit transferability.

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

Feb 25, 2022. March 4, 2022. Feb 22, 2022. Class 9: Virtual two wheelers; virtual motorcycles; virtual scooters; virtual three wheelers; virtual electric vehicles; virtual gaming studio, virtual gaming parlour, downloadable multimedia files containing artwork, text, audio and video files and non-fungible tokens.

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Steps forward: Singapore Deems NFTs as Property

IPilogue

The Singapore High Court ruled on 21 October 2022 that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can now be considered property, Coindesk reports. They are minted using smart contracts. He then advertised sale of the Bored Ape NFT.

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Brands to the Metaverse and Beyond! Part 1…

The IPKat

Is 2022 the year of the Metaverse? Moving on to the EU and searching for goods and services like “ downloadable virtual goods ” filed since 1st January 2022 on the EU register disclosed, as of 2nd May 2022, 340 results. It would certainly seem so. This is to be distinguished from the internet as we currently know it.

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Insights from the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings

IPilogue

I attended the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings (“GOTTMs”) hosted by Leiden University on April 5, 2022. He authored “ The Treachery of Images: Non-fungible Tokens and Copyright ”. Pankhuri Malik is an IPilogue Writer and an LLM Student at Osgoode Hall Law School. .

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Tokenization of intellectual property for IP rights management

The IPKat

Consider the recent WIPO webinar , "Blockchain Whitepaper for IP Ecosystems", at which the view was expressed that the future of IP management rights could include a solution that utilizes tokens, and, in particular, non-fungible tokens. Tokenization of IP In a nutshell, "tokenization" means using a smart contract (i.e.,

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

The IPKat

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.,