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

IP and Legal Filings

Which field of law will govern such digital assets and the NFT technology? In this paper, it is argued that Private-property law must be the field of law governing transactions involving Non-Fungible Tokens. 1] Consequently, Personal Property law has not yet been invoked to govern online transactions.

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Top 3 posts of the autumn from our IP law blogs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

1) The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part II by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó. “Part I of this post introduced the recent emergence of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), explained their basic characteristics and what they can represent.

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IP and NFTs: Where are We?

LexBlog IP

January 2022: Rapper Lil Yachty (real name: Miles Parks McCollum) sues NFT seller Opulous for trademark infringement based on Opulous using his name and likeness as part of a “Lil Yachty NFT Collection” advertising access to his new music. Miles Parks McCollum v. Opulous et al. 2:22-cv-00587, U.S. .”

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The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are one of many possible use cases for how blockchain technologies could help monetize creative works and reduce the reliance on intermediaries (for an analysis of copyright issues with NFTs see here and here ). More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. The VCs and their limited partners do.

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