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Analyzing relationship between Contemporary art and Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

The number of artworks bought and sold throughout the world increased to almost 40 million in 2018 from around 39 million the year before, providing further evidence of this trend. Artwork based on such a notion presents challenges when attempting to establish ownership.

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[Guest post] BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs

The IPKat

Trade mark infringement cause of action is brought under common law while unfair competition cause of action is brought under both common law and California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200 et seq. A digital file (an artwork, a song, etc.), This is a U.S NFTs – still subject to “old” IP law An NFT is a non-fungible (i.e.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. NFTs are both a new creative form of intellectual and artistic expression and a lucrative business opportunity. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership.

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Copyrighting the Ogopogo Monster: The © story behind the news story

The IPKat

There are also many businesses that use the name without registration, such as Ogopogo Giftland, Ogopogo Lawn Sprinklers, and the Ogopogo Motel. There were 18 registered copyrighted works related to the Ogopogo, including books, posters, artwork, videos (in some cases, supposedly of the creature itself) and dramatic works.

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NFTs and Copyright: Some Burning Issues

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NFTs began as a sub-culture of sorts for artists to sell work in a digitised format, but they are now increasingly becoming mainstream, with many major businesses and fashion houses creating their own NFT projects. The reproduction right includes the right to prevent the copying of the underlying work in any manner.

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The Growing Popularity of NFTs: How to Protect Your NFT Personal Property Rights

LexBlog IP

This is the unfortunate reality for most NFT projects: their artwork is entirely mutable which defeats the entire purpose of those NFTs. To explain, an NFT is a unique digital token stored on a blockchain—it acts as a record of ownership of an item, like a certificate of authenticity of a cat painting.

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NFTs and Intellectual Property

LexBlog IP

It is essentially a transaction ledger that is open and decentralized, so anyone, with proper access credentials, can view the ledger to the authenticity of whatever is being transferred and the chain of ownership. Because NFTs are often digital artworks, it helps to think in terms of art. The Mona Lisa is non-fungible. IP and NFT.