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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute. Non-fungible tokens (‘NFTs’) have occupied a significant space in current legal discourse, in no small part due to the numerous legal questions that have emerged in their wake. The views expressed in the piece are personal.

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Role Of NFTs In The Fashion Industry: An Overview

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Recently, a new trend of merging of blockchain technology with creative intellectual property via non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) had taken place. The idea has spread across all market sectors, and now luxury fashion retailers have joined the tokenization bandwagon. Introduction. What are NFTs?

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Metaverse: Fashion Trademark Battles to Watch

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The most recent of them is the metaverse, and similar to what has happened to other parallel realities such as video games and social media, the metaverse is being invaded by fashion brands. The new gems being mined are the non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are already at the center of several trademark battles.