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. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

Trademark 62

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 62

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. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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. trademark office records reveals that Viacom obtained rights in a broad array of TMNT marks after a highly-publicized purchase from the Mirage Group in 2009. Want to Create New Derivative Works? Definitely. The warning signs were all there.

Derivative Work 85

Derivative Work Licensing Artwork Contracts 85

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