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

IP and Legal Filings

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market.

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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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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). Ownership of every name periodically expires and, at that point, anyone may freely claim it on Namecoin by re-registering the expired name.

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[Guest post] 'Can't Be Evil' NFT license - A tentative NFT worldwide license standard

The IPKat

A16Z is the most active and important economic VC in the crypto-sphere (as of August 31, 2022, A16Z has made 141 VC investments in the crypto sector for a value of USD 7,565,000,000; source: Coinstack Research ). Universal license - a set of NFT CC licenses under the name 'Can’t Be Evil'.

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Ten things to know about NFTs

The IPKat

There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months. Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark.

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Can We Reexamine the Role of Blockchain in Copyright Now?

Plagiarism Today

Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO (@the_spice_club) January 15, 2022. NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), for example, were originally billed as a way for digital artists to create scarcity and enable them to charge more for “unique” works.

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