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Cent NFT Marketplace Halts Sales, Cites Plagiarism

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In short, we looked at how the various copyright and trademark issues of NFTs have begun to attract the attention of creators and rightsholders, large and small, setting the stage for a wave of litigation. As such, Cent is a name that is well known both by those invested in the NFT market and those that are merely observing.

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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

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They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn [link] — OBS (@OBSProject) November 17, 2021. Over at CopyByte , one of my main jobs is removing plagiarized marketing copy such as what Streamlabs had on its site.

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The Coming Copyright/Trademark Storm for NFTs

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The same day that the RIAA sent its cease and deist letter to Hitpiece, Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against reseller StockX over Nike-themed NFTs. While that may be scary for the marketplace, it may be precisely what is needed for the market to enjoy any mainstream success. Shades of Napster.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

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To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. Trademark and Halloween Costumes. The other major part of the question is trademark. Trademark infringement, however, isn’t like copyright. Copyright and Halloween Costumes.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Mods

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3: Streamlabs Accused of Plagiarism and ‘Unethical’ Business Practices. Finally today, Mollie Taylor at PCGamer reports that the streaming service Streamlabs is under fire for a variety of questionable business practices, including plagiarism of a competitor’s site.

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3 Count: International Incidents

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Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that, in Sweden, the Patent and Market Court of Appeals has overturned both the prison sentences and damages of two men tied to an IPTV operation. This may open the door for other intellectual property violations, including of both copyright and trademark.

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The Plagiarism of Fast Fashion

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The concept of fast fashion is fairly straightforward: It’s a design, manufacturing and marketing method that focuses on rapidly producing (or reproducing) existing fashion trends and making them available to customers quickly and cheaply. Instead, fashion designers have relied heavily on trademarks to protect their work.