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

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In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions. Is this the same in the US and China? Can other IP rights like trademarks play a role in protecting NFTs? IP Rights and NFTs. Copyright Act.

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

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In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions. Is this the same in the US and China? Can other IP rights like trademarks play a role in protecting NFTs? IP Rights and NFTs. Copyright Act.

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TM Scholars' Roundable: Session 1: The Relevance of Ornamentality in Trademark Law: Acquisition of Rights

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Relationship to use as a trademark; symmetry b/t types of use that might allow acquisition of rights v. types of use that might infringe? Past issues like TM use and failure to function may appear in a new light through the lens of ornamentality. It might be one reason that a use does not infringe.