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Non-fungible Tokens: Commercializing Exclusive Digital Art- A Companion Piece

IPilogue

In May 2021, a phenomenal IPilogue submission by Keir Strickland-Murphy (Osgoode Law ‘22) touched on the recent boom of Non- fungible Tokens. In this piece, I will recapitulate Strickland- Murphy’s exploration of IP ownership of Non-fungible Tokens and expand on recent developments since May.

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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) and Copyright

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

One of the biggest stories of 2021 in the ever evolving world of distributed ledgers and crypto currencies has been the rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). A Non-Fungible Token or NFT is a programmable digital unit of value which is recorded on a digital ledger. Introduction. What is NFT?

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A NFT Primer on Potential IP Ownership Legal Issues

JD Supra Law

Carolyn Toto recently joined host Joel Simon on his Industry Insights podcast continue the discussion of non-fungible tokens, related IP ownership issues and more. Joel Simon: Our discussion today is part of a series on non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs. Carolyn, with the large sums of money.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Copyright IPLens blog looked at several recent decisions of the Court of Milan, to see how the CJEU Cofemel decision has impacted on the copyright protection of industrial designs [see also an IPKat post the Kiko case, where the Italian Supreme Court applied Cofemel to Kiko store layout]. The current battle is over a U.S.

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

Her previous posts on the blog can be viewed here, here , here , here and here. It may also be possible that virtual goods may be compared to toys (smaller, non-functional versions of the real thing) and consumers may not assume that these virtual toys / collectibles originate from the manufacturer of the actual / functional product.

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The IPKat

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! v EUIPO | Case T-509/19) and the importance of presenting valid arguments for the existence of a link between the marks - even in the case of marks with an exceptional reputation ( Puma v EUIPO | Case T-71/20).

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“Murky Terms of Purchase and Ownership”: Nike Sues StockX Over Virtual Sneaker NFTs

IPilogue

and requiring someone to repeat their answer after you zoned out, here is the definition: Non-fungible token (“ NFT ”): a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items, and videos. For those of you like me who have survived this long asking the question “what is an NFT?”