Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . The payment beyond excessive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

The rise in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has attracted a great deal of attention from copyright practitioners and aficionados. Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. And why is that?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

1: Miramax Hits Tarantino With Copyright Suit on ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction.

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IPilogue

JUNE 13, 2022

Artists in the digital space have always been vulnerable to the unauthorized distribution, copying, and sale of their work. Still, the straightforward process for creating non-fungible tokens (NFT) has accelerated the theft of digital art. What Can Artists Do When Someone Else Mints their Work into an NFT?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

The last couple of years has seen the emergence of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as an important medium for the creation, sale and collection of art, with numerous instances of big money purchases of NFTs. The reproduction right includes the right to prevent the copying of the underlying work in any manner.

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Traverse Legal Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

An NFT or “non-fungible token” is a digital asset that links ownership to unique digital items. Non-fungible tokens have been designed to give you ownership of something that cannot be replicated or copied. Non-fungible tokens are a relatively new thing and even newer in the gaming industry.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

With the NFT craze reaching new heights, Quentin Tarantino finds himself at the receiving end of a copyright infringement battle. Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees it as a contract breach and copyright infringement. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2022

The popularity of non-fungible tokens, NFTs for short, has reached new highs over the past year. Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees the plan as a contract breach and copyright infringement. That turns copyright law on its head,” the lawyers write.

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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. In the past, major copyright holders have fiercely resisted novel technologies. Government is taking these issues seriously.

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Traverse Legal Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The basic explanation is that an NFT, or “non-fungible token” is a digital asset that links ownership to unique digital items. Non- fungible tokens have been designed to give a person ownership of something, kind of like modern day digital collectibles. What are NFTs? NFT Technology. NFTs in Video Games.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

Copyright Licensing of Digital Assets Attached to NFT Sales. Bonus: Free Open Source Copyright License for NFT sales below]. My name is Enrico Schaefer, I am a technology attorney with traverse legal PLC, and today I want to talk about nonfungible tokens or NFTs. NFT Copyright Licensing. Let’s talk about it.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 1, 2022

NFTs are not without copyright issues, however, as Quentin Tarantino swiftly discovered. Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees the plan as a contract breach and copyright infringement. NFT Copyright Battle. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

MAY 12, 2022

As the Seventh Circuit held , “a copyright is not transferred automatically with the transfer of the copyrighted good [thus] when you buy a book, you don’t obtain the right to make and sell copies of it.” The copyright (the right to display and make copies) is typically retained by the artist.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm. We address these questions in a two-part post.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Most of you may well be familiar with the concept of Creative Commons licensing, but to reiterate, Creative Commons (CC) is a not-for-profit copyright licensing organisation. NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have become a buzzword in recent years.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

The only thing that an NFT can certify is that a specific non-fungible token, containing a specific digital file linked to it, has been created with a unique transaction (having its own timestamp) by an identified blockchain address (i.e. In other words, the “old” IP rights (copyright, trade marks, etc.)

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2022

Consider the recent WIPO webinar , "Blockchain Whitepaper for IP Ecosystems", at which the view was expressed that the future of IP management rights could include a solution that utilizes tokens, and, in particular, non-fungible tokens. The process of creating a digital asset with a smart contract is called "minting".

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Apart from this, Non-Fungible Tokens, the brainchild of Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash, is a unit of data stored in a digital ledger that certifies that the digital asset is unique and is hence non-interchangeable. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have garnered attention and popularity in 2021.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today, we will be talking about NFT non-fungible token licensing. There was a recent story that is an instructive lesson in copyright law that has application to the NFT market. The article titled “Cryptobros spent $3 million on Dune book, believing it gave them copyright. NFT are ERC-721 tokens.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

An NFT or “non-fungible token” is a digital asset that links ownership to unique digital items (songs, pictures, videos, tweets and items in online games or virtual worlds) that cannot be replicated or copied. Almost anything can be turned into a non-fungible token. NFTS in the Metaverse.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

NFTs, which stand for “ Non-Fungible Tokens ,” must first be understood in order to comprehend what “fungible” means. A commodity is said to be fungible in economics if it can be exchanged for another unit of the same commodity without losing any value. Conclusion.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The non-fungible token (NFT) rage shows that people are willing to pay vast amounts of money for a digital gimmick, that may or may not retain its value. While it’s different from a copyright, NFTs owners are rightsholders in a sense, although the specifics may vary from project to project. and the metaverse.

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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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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 29, 2022

Today we are going to talk about NFTs or non-fungible tokens. In this example, I am showing you how to get this free copyright license to attach to the NFT. You will see on the website a link to access a free, open-source copyright license for use with your NFT listing. I have minted a photograph of me as an NFT.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months. Recently, I spoke in the PRS London Members' Day panel about NFTs, alongside Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin) and Mike Walsh (Serenade).

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Breaking down Miramax’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino, a dispute about NFTs that isn’t really about NFTs. Tarantino is being billed as the first major legal dispute involving copyrights and NFTs, it really isn’t a dispute about NFTs. Frankly, it’s barely a dispute about copyrights.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The online clothing, the virtual versions of the items, are in the form of what is known as NFTs (non-fungible tokens). As a result, the brands are becoming more vulnerable of being copied and exploited by others. These NFTs can be replicated and created without much difficulty or expertise.

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IPilogue

JULY 8, 2022

While the law of ARR is no longer a novel idea in the legal world, the importance of protections for an artist’s fair share of profits is ever-increasing as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) become mainstream.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs is the latest trend that has taken the world of art and technology by storm. NFTs have sparked several discussions raising questions on how this would affect IP Rights and what ownership of artwork, especially digital copies of artwork entails. Introduction. What are NFTs and how do they work?

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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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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) continue to be popular. Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection. Introduction. NFT creation, investment, sale, and ownership interest exists in Indonesia and elsewhere in the world. Conclusion.

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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. Copyrights in the US are protected under the U.S. Copyrights in the US are protected under the U.S. Copyright Act. IP Rights and NFTs.

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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. PDF copy available. Read the full article on World Intellectual Property Review.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token and an NFT is a unique digital asset. The non-fungible nature of the asset means that it is non-interchangeable and the metadata attributed to each NFT is distinctive such that it may be used to verify the inimitability of a given asset. What are NFTs?

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices. Copyright Infringement. Later it was settled.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 22, 2022

Non-fungible tokens, known colloquially as NFTs, have gained popularity due to both their scarcity and variety. An NFT is simply a digital copy of an underlying work, not the work itself, and does not typically convey any intellectual property rights with its sale without a separate agreement.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright. The reason for this is that copyright encompasses all types of original literary, artistic, musical, theatrical, cinematographic, and other works. Even a tweet is protected as a literary work under copyright. Trademarks.

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