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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, de facto they merely owned proof of ownership without any proprietary value, as all copyright and any related rights were retained and not granted upon purchase. Assignment The copyright owner may transfer the entirety of the copyright in the work to the purchaser by assignment.

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Kenya Copyright Board on "responsible use of memes": quasi-judicial powers and balanced perspectives

The IPKat

Last week, Kenya's government agency in charge of copyright matters, Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) published an advisory via its Twitter handle. KECOBO did mention that a work may be in the public domain because copyright has expired and companies should conduct due diligence before engaging in meme creation].