IP Law 360

APRIL 12, 2023

million in venture capital funds for a line of non-fungible tokens, according to a brief filed Tuesday in California federal court. music company settled claims with Lil Yachty over the company's alleged use of the rapper's name without authorization to raise more than $6.5

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Next up today, Lubomir Tassev at Bitcoin.com reports that the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) has announced that it is targeting copyright infringement taking place via non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The move comes amid a settlement between the two sides, though no details about that settlement are known.

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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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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. Settlement. This request was actively fought by Miramax.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Copyright Office’s guidelines, but a settlement was reached in 2018. The settlement sidestepped the core question of Naruto’s copyright ownership and avoided setting a legal precedent. Some of his works have been sold as NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). The case faced initial dismissal due to the U.S.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For more descriptive posts especially on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and copyright law, check Adarsh Ramanujan’s two-part post here and here and Awani Kelkar’s post here. These cases continued to unfold, as detailed by Prashant here.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

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

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