JD Supra Law

JUNE 29, 2022

From ownership to expression to revenue, it’s no secret that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have made a significant impact on the art world in the last 18 months. Moving beyond the popular media reporting of record valuations and social FOMO (fear of missing. By: Carlton Fields

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

First off today, Jack Queen at Reuters reports that Miramax and director Quentin Tarantino have reached a settlement in their dispute over Pulp Fiction-based NFTs. The dispute began last year when Tarantino announced that he would sell several non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the film Pulp Fiction.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”).

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

First off today, Meghann Cuniff at Law & Crime reports that Miley Cyrus is the latest celebrity to face a lawsuit from New York photographer Robert Barbera, causing her to join the ranks of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. Most celebrities have opted to settle their cases.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2022

First off today, Matt Novak at Gizmodo reports that, in a talk at South by Southwest, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that NFTs were coming to Instagram and that users “would be able to mint things within that environment.” ” NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have seen both big sales and big business in the past year.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2022

Few issues in the world of intangible rights contain as many legal uncertainties as do non-fungible tokens. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), ranging from art and literature to fashion and cinema, remain among the hottest legal topics in the world of intangible rights, despite the lack of clear legal regulation.

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IPilogue

JUNE 13, 2022

Still, the straightforward process for creating non-fungible tokens (NFT) has accelerated the theft of digital art. This recommendation would still require artists to verify the results and report an infringement to marketplaces. Second, marketplaces need to overhaul their process for verifying listings.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Securing IP rights As of September 2022, there have been more than 23,000 trademark filings across the globe that include NFTs or non-fungible tokens in their description. The USPTO received most of the applications covering 37% of all the requests for a trademark registration covering NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2022

The popularity of non-fungible tokens, NFTs for short, has reached new highs over the past year. This has also drawn the attention of celebrities, some of whom agreed to tie their names and creations to these digital collectibles. Last fall, Quentin Tarantino joined in as well.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Eager to cash in on the non-fungible token (‘NFT’) boom, as widely reported in the media, Quentin Tarantino recently announced plans to auction off seven ‘exclusive scenes’ from the 1994 motion picture Pulp Fiction in the form of NFTs,” the complaint read.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Singapore High Court ruled on 21 October 2022 that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can now be considered property, Coindesk reports. Amin Hosseini is an IPilogue Writer and an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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The IPKat

JULY 20, 2022

Below is a recap of the latest news from the Kat-world to keep you fresh and cool:- Trade Marks The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently issued some guidance notes on its approach to classifying items relating to virtual and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Paolo Maria Gangi (Studio Gangi) on a recent case addressing the legal nature of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). On 23 August 2021, Sotheby’s sold the “re-minted” on Ethereum Quantum NFT to a buyer, Alex Amsel, for a reported sum of $1,472,000 US.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2021

Trade Marks The Fashion Law blog reported on the on-going trade mark feud between Kanye West’s Yeezy brand and the US-based retail corporation Walmart. Other Non-fungible tokens (NTFs) are more and more discussed in connection with their IP implications. The current battle is over a U.S.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Over the past few years, there has been an increased interest in the metaverse (see IPKat posts here ) and NFTs , non-fungible tokens (see IPKat posts here ). Here is TechieKat’s report on the event! From a trade mark perspective, the appropriate classification of goods and services has also been in the spotlight.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months. Recently, I spoke in the PRS London Members' Day panel about NFTs, alongside Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin) and Mike Walsh (Serenade).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 5, 2022

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have been booming over the past year. People are willing to pay millions of dollars in return for the rights to unique digital assets as well as any perks that come with them. These NFTs are not without copyright issues. The NFTs that will go up for auction are linked to iconic Pulp Fiction scenes.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

“Eager to cash in on the non-fungible token (‘NFT’) boom, as widely reported in the media, Quentin Tarantino recently announced plans to auction off seven ‘exclusive scenes’ from the 1994 motion picture Pulp Fiction in the form of NFTs,” the complaint reads.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Non fungible tokens (NFTs) , the latest vehicle for capturing, linking to and licensing intellectual property. The tokenization of digital files so that a single owner of that file can be recorded on the blockchain and identified is an important breakthrough in IP protection. . Does “Fair Use” Apply to NFTs?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

COPYRIGHT Giovanni Maria Riccio and Fabiola Iraci Gambazza (E-Lex law firm) reported on the recent publication of the European Audiovisual Observatory entitled " Mapping report on national remedies against online piracy of sports content ", commissioned by the European Commission. Several cases were concluded without judgment.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

The IPKat has reported on a few of them below. TRADE MARKS The so-called "metaverse" and "non-fungible tokens" (NFTs) have generated hype among technology enthusiasts over the past two years. Marks IP has reported on the background to the dispute and the JPO's decision on the invalidity action.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 1, 2022

Eager to cash in on the non-fungible token (‘NFT’) boom, as widely reported in the media, Quentin Tarantino recently announced plans to auction off seven ‘exclusive scenes’ from the 1994 motion picture Pulp Fiction in the form of NFTs,” the complaint read.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

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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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2022

NFTs (non-fungible tokens, not thoroughbreds) were not a disappointment but instead were all the rage for holiday giving this year, including offerings from brands such as Adidas and Balmain x Barbie. .” Watch for a laugh here: [link]. And we might see you there!

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Game developers and publishers monetizing the evolving ecosystem of blockchain games should take particular note—especially as it relates to games that facilitate in-game fungible or non-fungible token exchanges. As background, FinCEN serves to regulate money transmitters under the federal Bank Secrecy Act.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

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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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2022

From Eminem to Snoop Dog , Tony Hawk to Lionel Messi , William Shatner to Brie Larson , music, sports, and Hollywood celebrities have eagerly jumped on the NFT (non-fungible token) bandwagon. Take, for example, Justin Bieber. In January, the pop star made headlines for spending $1.3

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 18, 2022

. “Duties of this position include supporting antipiracy enforcement efforts, researching piracy technologies, websites, and apps, tracking piracy data, providing regular reports on piracy trends, evaluating prospective providers of antipiracy services and managing existing providers,” the listing reads. And on Sunday.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A non-fungible token, also known as NFT, is a one-of-a-kind digital item stored on a public digital ledger (a blockchain), which provides a certificate of ownership to a particular individual². This means brands can now detect, enforce and report directly within the platform. Or is the answer somewhere in between?

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Frances Valentine Frances Valentine , ‘a modern American lifestyle brand’, filed 7 marks for housewares, make-up, jewelry, online virtual worlds authenticated by fungible and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The trademarks are FRANCES VALENTINE and FV. We are increasingly seeing trademarks relating to NFTs and the metaverse.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

NEWS Copyright Office and USPTO Announce NFT Study and Roundtables The United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), at the request of Congress, are conducting a joint study of intellectual property law and policy issues arising from the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

The new gems being mined are the non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are already at the center of several trademark battles. 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.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices. In the case of Leo Pellegrino v Epic Games, Inc., Patent Infringement.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

million active users per day and over 40 billion hours of engagement reported in 2021[1]. Stored on the blockchain, an NFT (non-fungible token) is a unique token created in relation to a specific digital asset, like an image, music track or video clip. Data-driven reporting to inform your NFT strategy.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

NFT stands for non-fungible token. Non-fungible basically means unique. By way of comparison, a $10 note is an example of a fungible asset, because it can be replaced with another $10 note, or two $5 notes. There have been no reports of NFTs themselves being successfully targeted by hackers.

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