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. So from our perspective, NFTs stands not only for “non-fungible tokens” but also “New Frontiers for Trademarks.”.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

NFTs are created through smart contracts, pieces of code (a smart contract is a software, in other words) which are deployed on a blockchain through specific transactions (technically speaking, a transaction is a record written on the blockchain’s distributed ledger).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But in this sphere of metaverse and blockchain currencies, the Ethereum blockchain has gained skyrocketing popularity with the evolution of Non-Fungible Tokens. Apart from financial regulations, these tokens also pierce into restrictions imposed for the protection of intellectual property.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

On September 23, the art site PokerPaint announced on their Twitter (Tweet now deleted) that they were releasing a series of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on OpenSea. In 2009, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against artist Shepherd Fairey over the famous Obama “Hope” poster that he designed.

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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. So from our perspective, NFTs stands not only for “non-fungible tokens” but also “New Frontiers for Trademarks.”

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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”). Second, be on the lookout for competitors and opportunists knocking off your design patents, goods, and services, or causing consumer confusion.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. By: Joshua Durham. With an astounding $17.7

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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. Needless to say, legislation on trademarks, designs and also unfair competition, protect these products.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

For modern designers, this may be both a blessing and a curse. Social media influencers sign contracts with businesses to promote their products by providing original content for such brands. Why should digital influencers defend their intellectual property rights? Build your market reputation. Maintain your distinct brand identity.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

JULY 6, 2022

This poses fundamental questions for legal systems designed for conventional businesses with connections to physical locations. Accordingly, the court needed to decide whether there was a consumer contract for the purposes of the CJJA. In this new world, transactions and services are conducted in a borderless, decentralised manner.

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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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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. Damon Dash. Miramax LLC v.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The platform integrates platforms, digital accelerators, domain and design skills, and solid partnerships in a “rich creator-partner economy.” ” Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also been investigated by other Indian companies for application in the metaverse.

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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. In a piece for Live Law, Eashan Ghosh critically analyses Section 22(4) of the Indian Designs Act, 2004.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

15] We discuss below three areas that may be of particular interest to this blog’s readership: auction houses and galleries, online marketplaces, and non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). The fact that NFTs and their smart contracts are blockchain-based allows them to be publicly verifiable, trackable and auditable. [31]

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