Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S. resale royalties).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Trademark Office is trying to help brand owners keep up with the ever-evolving labyrinth of brand protection by including the emerging NFT technology. A critical part of any trademark application is the description of goods and services. It is a “go to” resource for drafting trademark identifications.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Introduction Digital technologies such as the metaverse, non-fungible tokens ( NFTs ), blockchain and augmented realities are directly influencing how we cultivate and protect various forms of intellectual property, including trade marks. physical) marks.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have come to hold a fundamental place in the digital universe and, specifically, in the so-called Web3. Although at present NFTs are scarcely used beyond mere collectibles, the growing interest in the metaverse is making non-fungible tokens extremely useful assets in our virtual lives.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

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.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In simpler terms, the metaverse doesn’t refer to any one platform or a specific place but is rather used to describe a broad application of emerging technologies. These technologies represent an evolvement of what the internet is today and are rooted in blockchain, VR (virtual reality), and AR (augmented reality).

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

With brands continuing to explore the opportunities offered by the digital world, do NFTs present a new type of commercial opportunity or a threat? A non-fungible token, also known as NFT, is a one-of-a-kind digital item stored on a public digital ledger (a blockchain), which provides a certificate of ownership to a particular individual².

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Given the huge commercial opportunity, it is clear to see why there is great demand in trademarks for goods and services linked to the holiday name and others throughout the year. Can you trademark a holiday name? Can you trademark a holiday name? CUPID appeared in 481 trademarks registered in 2022.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 24, 2024

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.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

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.

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IPilogue

MARCH 14, 2022

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. The mega shoe brand alleges that these sales will confuse customers.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S. resale royalties).

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The fleeting non-fungible token (NFT) craze showed that some people are willing to pay vast amounts of money for digital assets that are not guaranteed to retain their value. While some of these NFTs are bound to become irrelevant, the underlying technology has plenty of potential.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

Principal Cynthia Walden and Associate Sarah Kelleher discuss the non-fungible token (NFT) trend across the fashion industry and what this digital arena means for trademark protection and enforcement. Selling the Intangible in Fashion: What Does it Mean for Trademark Protection? PDF copy available.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

I am an attorney specializing in blockchain technology. Today, we’re going to talk about non-fungible tokens (NFTs). These NFT drops offer valuable learning lessons which every NFT project, brand, and company must consider before launching their NFTs project. Copyright is different than a trademark.

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IPilogue

JUNE 21, 2022

sued StockX LLC for trademark infringement, false designation of origin, trademark dilution, and related causes. Nike alleges that StockX is selling unauthorized non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) of Nike sneakers. Nike currently has multiple pending trademark applications for their NFTs. StockX Vault NFTs.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

With the Metaverse and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) being the common buzzwords as of late, the USPTO (US Patent & Trademark Office) has been experiencing a significant rise in the number of Trademark Applications filed in the virtual sphere to safeguard the products and services.

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

When we talk about IPR in the metaverse various types of Intellectual Properties come into the picture, for example, copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Trademarks A Trademark can be a mark, symbol, design, color, combination of colors, shapes, etc. that identifies a product or a service that is distinguishable by a common man.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 19, 2022

What happens when someone registers your trademark or personal name on these web3 extensions? This is a ‘one of kind’ video series on token squatting. This is a ‘one of kind’ video series on token squatting. If you are not an expert in cybersquatting or blockchain technology, Don’t go anywhere!

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

[Image Sources : Istock] Metaverse- a Magnet to Fashion Brands Virtual worlds provide fashion brands with the opportunity to significantly cut down on the excessive resource consumption of lifestyle and create sustainability. As a result, the trademark classes might need to be redefined.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Hermes recently sued a digital artist for knocking off its Birkin handbag through the issuance of MetaBirkin non-fungible tokens (“NFT”). The artist in the Hermes lawsuit branded his images MetaBirkins and is attempting to sell them on various internet sites using MetaBirkins as a brand name.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It is no news that cryptocurrency and blockchain technology have taken over the sphere of digital currency. But in this sphere of metaverse and blockchain currencies, the Ethereum blockchain has gained skyrocketing popularity with the evolution of Non-Fungible Tokens. Introduction.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The auction of NFT ( non-fungible tokens ), which we addressed in this post , comprising wearable works of digital art, has revolutionized the trademark industry. Also, think about those items that luxury brands bring out jointly with other firms that are practically works of art. Think for example of influencers.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Prominent tech founders and venture capitalists (VCs) argued about the meaning and implications of web3, a vague concept hinting at a possible utopian vision of a decentralized internet and the new opportunities that might be created around emerging technologies such as blockchain. I can’t find it.”. So, is web3 “somewhere between a and z”?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

Over the last several months, there have been dozens of news stories about cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, and the related technologies they have created. Blockchain is a technology that has emerged as an innovative, record-keeping technology that authenticates transactions. It all starts with Blockchain. IP and NFT.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Indeed, the directors of the US Patent and Trademark Office and US Copyright Office are in the process of conducting a joint study to untangle the various interests at play, having promised Sens. Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy they will deliver findings by June 2023. Hermes Int’l et al. Rothschild , Case No.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 5, 2022

In particular, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), crypto and metaverse have dominated our infospace. People are just not using the technology as yet. Companies should start thinking about protecting their brands in the metaverse. Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay. June was no exception. Questions from the audience.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Introduction The “ Metaverse ” has turned out as one of the most fiercely debated technological developments in the post-covid age. are concentrating on creating new features and technologies to allow people to communicate with each other successfully and efficiently online. What is the Metaverse?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

It will enable the metaverse to run smoothly without any brand abusing and illegal copying of the existing IP owners. Types of IPR Basically, there are four types of IPR Patent Trademarks Copyrights Trademark and Metaverse Trademark is the visual symbol that differentiate between trademarked goods and services from each other.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

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?

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. She argues that this effort entails an element of creativity thus renders the argument of non-originality moot.

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