Remove Artwork Remove Business Remove Designs Remove Non-Fungible Tokens
article thumbnail

Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

Hermes has sued a Californian artist, Mason Rothschild, for his “MetaBirkins” digital artworks alleging trademark infringement. In the US too, several companies are protecting their trademarks for similar goods and services. Application date. Description (shortened). Feb 25, 2022. Feb 22, 2022. Dec 21, 2021.

article thumbnail

Fatal Mistakes Made By The ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’ & ‘Crypto Punks’ NFT Projects

Traverse Legal Blog

Today, we’re going to talk about non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A trademark can be any word or phrase symbol design combination of things that identifies your goods and services in the marketplace. Copyrights protection for the artwork itself is also critical. My name is NFT lawyer Enrico Schaefer.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Disaster as “NFT Music Stream” Enrages Artists By Pulling Music From YouTube

TorrentFreak

The non-fungible token (NFT) craze that’s been sweeping the internet for months now is a truly sight to behold. Equally, where was it getting its music and artwork from to populate its music player? Thus far, it hasn’t gone well. According to their RIAA, that certainly wasn’t the case.

Music 136
article thumbnail

A Year Since Hermès Verdict: The Tussle Between Trade Mark Rights and Artistic Freedom Continues

IP and Legal Filings

The verdict is testimony to a paradigm shift in Trademark Protection and a watershed judgement in navigating the scuffle between the rights of two sections- the commercial rights of ‘business class’ and freedom of expression vested with the ‘artists and creators’. The nine-person jury made two important observations.

article thumbnail

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. The Specific Chinese Name for NFTs.

IP 109
article thumbnail

NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. NFTs are unique tokens based on blockchain technology and used as digital assets.

article thumbnail

Role Of NFTs In The Fashion Industry: An Overview

IIPRD

Recently, a new trend of merging of blockchain technology with creative intellectual property via non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) had taken place. The idea has spread across all market sectors, and now luxury fashion retailers have joined the tokenization bandwagon. Introduction. What are NFTs?