Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

Emily Chow is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. T: “I was very fortunate in having a father-in-law who knows a lot of lawyers. It definitely got my accounts where they are today.

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IPilogue

MARCH 16, 2022

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . These sites use strategies like the “rug pull” and phishing scams via social media to drain cyptocurrency from fans’ wallets. Photo by C D-X ( Unsplash ). As NFTs have gained popularity, scam sites are becoming more common.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It encompasses all intersecting IT industries and might affect anything from social media use to surveillance, e-commerce, and technological innovation. However, as artwork typically cannot be duplicated exactly and cannot be swapped with another without losing or gaining value, it is non-fungible. Conclusion.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The challenge becomes even bigger if NFTs are to be commercialized, exploited, and protected in different jurisdictions and at the same time — particularly when those markets include China, where protection for a foreign NFT creator or exploiter may face unique challenges. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. It will be intriguing to follow up case law in this area as it makes progress. Background (NFT Copyright).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. It will be intriguing to follow up case law in this area as it makes progress. Background.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to Traverse, where we discuss the hottest topics in Internet law. If you face an Internet law issue, cyber law complaint, website, or e-commerce issue, we have an Internet lawyer ready to help. There are web hosting companies, affiliate marketers, e-commerce agreements, clickwrap agreements, and social media defamation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

AI-generated works have won awards: The Crow , an “AI-made” film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Short Film Festival and the story of an AI artwork winning the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition was reported in The New York Times. Registration was refused in August 2019, in line with previous US case law and guidance.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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43(B)log

MAY 2, 2022

It used Chanel marks and indicia, such as Chanel artwork and images of Chanel runway shows, in advertisements and displays featured in-store and on its webpages, social media, and direct-to-consumer emails. Until 2017, it also used the hashtag #WGACACHANEL in its social media posts.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Compiling a professional digital art portfolio of your work is a vital part of marketing yourself as a creative and landing jobs for artists. Connect your portfolio site with your social media channels. Behance : portfolio site and very active social network . Only use high-quality images of your artwork.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Compiling a professional digital portfolio of your work is a vital part of marketing yourself as a creative and landing jobs for artists. Connect your portfolio site with your social media channels. Behance : portfolio site and very active social network . Only use high-quality images of your artwork.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The challenge becomes even bigger if NFTs are to be commercialized, exploited, and protected in different jurisdictions and at the same time — particularly when those markets include China, where protection for a foreign NFT creator or exploiter may face unique challenges. The Specific Chinese Name for NFTs. Applicable IP rights.

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Art Law Journal

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We cover topics including career paths, preparing for interviews, using social media to grow your footprint, networking, and much more. With a strong design background, they should understand layout, typography, and be able to retouch images or fix other artwork issues. A CREATIVE PATH IN PRODUCTION.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

Varsha is a lawyer based in Delhi and is a graduate of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. It is capable of writing articles, translating, summarizing and answering follow-up questions and can also create content that can be protected under copyright law.

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The IPKat

APRIL 17, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Matilde Helene Bom (both Gorrissen Federspiel) on a recent Danish decision tackling the relationship between trade mark law and freedom of expression. Court’s decision The case was filed as a preliminary injunction.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

You might assume that the concept of a “derivative work” under copyright law would be simple to define. Works of innumerable potential class members could reflect, in the same attenuated manner, preexisting artworks that the artists studied as they learned their skill. You’d be wrong. Universal City Studios, Inc. , 417, 419 (1984).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

While arguments exist that infringement of trademarks in connection with virtual goods and services should be covered by the “natural zone of expansion” doctrine, best practice would be to file applications for important brands for virtual versions of the brand’s goods or services and to ensure enforcement efforts cover this new market.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

art market, the Report concluded that there was no immediate need to impose new regulations on the art market to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. Yet the Report also discussed how the art market remains susceptible to money laundering and describes how market participants can minimize this risk. Background.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Such works of art benefit the creator, and they are protected by the law of intellectual property. Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. Media platforms, such as social media, are utilised to carry out their professional, commercial, and private functions.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. He sold three versions of the artwork for a total of nearly four hundred thousand dollars before enormous selfie-seeking monkeys crowds forced him to split early. ” Add a few zeros, Lucille. Copyrightability.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Virtual characters can play themed games, create original artwork, visit exhibition locations, shop for virtual clothing for their collections or gaming outfits, and partake in social events after arriving in “Gucci Town.” Users are expressing their annoyance at the frauds that have already taken over the NFT market.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

The idea has spread across all market sectors, and now luxury fashion retailers have joined the tokenization bandwagon. Even premium watch brands are promoting NFT auctions through the many social media platforms accessible. The principles that govern the luxury fashion industry are similar to those that govern other industries.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Fundamentally, an NFT is just a transactional record and a link to a digital asset (often an image of artwork or a document) stored somewhere on the web. Copyright law defines “ publication ” as the distribution of copies of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership or by rental, lease, or lending.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In addition to supporting gaming and social media, the Metaverse combines sectors of the economy, digital identity, decentralized democratic accountability, and other applications. Artists are using virtual reality and augmented reality to create previously unimagined artworks. Image source:Gettyimage].

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

Where IP Spring Cleaning Starts : Whether applied to home or office, literally or figuratively, spring cleaning’s cultural, historic, and biological roots have intellectual property law analogs and other legal offshoots. ’ (Op. Neither Marano [v. ’ See, e.g., Google, Slip op.

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