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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

World over companies are rushing to protect their trademarks in the online, virtual environment – the metaverse. A list of trademarks applied for in the EU for ‘ downloadable virtual goods’ and ‘online virtual services’ was recently published by The IPKat here. Image from here. Feb 22, 2022. Dec 21, 2021.

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The EU resolves doubts surrounding the protection of trademarks in relation to NFTs

Garrigues Blog

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have come to hold a fundamental place in the digital universe and, specifically, in the so-called Web3. Although at present NFTs are scarcely used beyond mere collectibles, the growing interest in the metaverse is making non-fungible tokens extremely useful assets in our virtual lives.

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Trademarks And the Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also been investigated by other Indian companies for application in the metaverse. The doctrine of exhaustion of rights prevents the owner of a trademark from continuing to have any influence over its products in the market after they have been sold.

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Can You Trademark an NFT?

LexBlog IP

Trademarking an NFT at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is the first step in securing your intellectual property (“IP”). Whether you can trademark a non-fungible token or NFT depends upon whether the NFT is part of a collection that serves as a source indicator.