Remove Artwork Remove Copyright Law Remove Licensing Remove Non-Fungible Tokens
article thumbnail

Copyright Laws & Trademark Infringement for NFTs

Traverse Legal Blog

Whether you are looking to make your own non fungible token to sell or you’re looking to buy an NFT as an investment, you need to be aware of copyright and trademark laws that might apply to your NFT. Are NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) Considered Intellectual Property?

article thumbnail

Licensing NFTs: You Need to Know Who Owns What You’re Selling

Traverse Legal Blog

Today we are going to talk about NFTs or non-fungible tokens. One of the big problems with the NFT marketplace, where NFTs are both sold and purchased, is that the platform doesn’t provide any licensing language for the digital asset that the owner attaches to the NFT. What are you licensing?

Licensing 102
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

NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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). In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. The image of the Crypto Punk linked to the NFT placed on to the blockchain is copyright protected.

article thumbnail

Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Intepat

AI-generated art represents a fusion of human ingenuity in crafting algorithms and the machine’s ability to produce artworks autonomously. To delve deeper into the question of ownership, we need to grasp the traditional concept of copyright. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

Art 105
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. As NFTs per se are currently unregulated by statutes in the US, common law protection through trademarks may become all the more important. Applicable IP rights.

IP 109
article thumbnail

Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) continue to be popular. These classifications are then used, among other things, to establish what business licensing is necessary for a given industry. Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection.