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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The ‘ Dune’ scenario is a well-known ‘tale of crypto folly’ featuring NFT purchasers who failed to exercise appropriate due diligence in determining what rights are granted when procuring an NFT. For instance, CrypToadz is a prominent CC0 NFT project wherein the artwork related to the NFT is in the public domain.

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Don’t Get  Sued! Copyright Essentials Every AI Startup Should Know.

LexBlog IP

For instance, a permissive license like MIT allows others to do almost anything they want with your project, whereas a more restrictive license like GPL requires any derivative work to be open-sourced. Proactively protecting your work is a legal necessity and a strategic move that can add value to your startup.

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Don’t Get  Sued! Copyright Essentials Every AI Startup Should Know.

Traverse Legal Blog

For instance, a permissive license like MIT allows others to do almost anything they want with your project, whereas a more restrictive license like GPL requires any derivative work to be open-sourced. Proactively protecting your work is a legal necessity and a strategic move that can add value to your startup.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

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. This is highlighted in the case of Hermès International v. Mason Rothschild , currently pending in federal district court in New York.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

LexBlog IP

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. This is highlighted in the case of Hermès International v. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks.

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IPSC Breakout Session #5 Platforms & Interfaces/IP Enforcement

43(B)log

Piggyback on VC due diligence, valuation. Ben Depoorter, Copyright Small Claims Litigation: An Empirical Analysis Goal: stick to infringement. Reproduction and public display are the main alleged rights violated (with lots of overlap); only 71 derivative work claims. Ideas are nothing without financing.

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