IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame.

Trademark 62

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 62

LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame.

Trademark 52

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Branding 52

Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

It would have taken a bit of due diligence, but not much. Want to Create New Derivative Works? This still wouldn’t necessarily have given the buyer carte blanche to create new derivative works featuring the characters, as opposed to, perhaps, digital screengrabs from individual episodes. Definitely.

Derivative Work 87

Derivative Work Licensing Artwork Contracts 87

43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Tech Bros, Social Media, and the End of IP Financing? Piggyback on VC due diligence, valuation. Reproduction and public display are the main alleged rights violated (with lots of overlap); only 71 derivative work claims. Ideas are nothing without financing. 71% pro se, 28% represented.

IP 52

IP Copying Due Diligence Registration 52