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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. C) Any non-commercial use of a mark.

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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. These cases continued to unfold, as detailed by Prashant here.