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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

On September 23, the art site PokerPaint announced on their Twitter (Tweet now deleted) that they were releasing a series of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on OpenSea. I understand a lot of you may be upset that I saw a photo on social media and loved it enough to imitate it in a very different style. Bottom Line.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

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. So from our perspective, NFTs stands not only for β€œnon-fungible tokens” but also β€œNew Frontiers for Trademarks.”.

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

SpicyIP

Non-fungible tokens (β€˜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 Indian counterpart of fair use in trademark law is embodied in Section 30 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. Ltd , Hawkins Cookers Ltd.

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Role Of NFTs In The Fashion Industry: An Overview

IIPRD

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

JIPEL Copyright Blog

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.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

LexBlog IP

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. So from our perspective, NFTs stands not only for “non-fungible tokens” but also “New Frontiers for Trademarks.”

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Image Rights Alrightβ€”But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Should They?

SpicyIP

Before bestowal, courts need to think, in appropriate cases, of rights of third parties, fair use covering mime, research/educational advancement, criticism and the like. In the bygone era before the advent of social media, picture postcards featuring beloved Indian screen actors were all the rage.