Barry Sookman

JULY 4, 2021

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property rights [link] 2021-06-28. Briefing: The Drive to Devise New Rules for Online Platforms and Social Media – CIGI [link] 2021-06-29. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-26 [link] 2021-06-27.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

The media industry as a whole encourages creativity and innovation, and copyright is crucial for digital media platforms. Media platforms, such as social media, are utilised to carry out their professional, commercial, and private functions. They serve as a medium for new ideas, images, and sounds.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 26, 2022

With the increased consumption of media and the ease of creating and publishing content on various social media platforms, the time couldn’t be better for such a celebration. While last year’s theme focused on IP for small businesses , the focus this year is on celebrating youth-led innovation and creativity.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 26, 2022

With the increased consumption of media and the ease of creating and publishing content on various social media platforms, the time couldn’t be better for such a celebration. While last year’s theme focused on IP for small businesses , the focus this year is on celebrating youth-led innovation and creativity.

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IPilogue

MARCH 16, 2022

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) are one-of-a-kind tokens stored on blockchain that can be sold and traded. These sites use strategies like the “rug pull” and phishing scams via social media to drain cyptocurrency from fans’ wallets. As NFTs have gained popularity, scam sites are becoming more common.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

One of the biggest stories of 2021 in the ever evolving world of distributed ledgers and crypto currencies has been the rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Jack Dorsey, the CEO of famous social media platform twitter sold an NFT of his first tweet for $2.5 What is NFT?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It encompasses all intersecting IT industries and might affect anything from social media use to surveillance, e-commerce, and technological innovation. NFTs, which stand for “ Non-Fungible Tokens ,” must first be understood in order to comprehend what “fungible” means.

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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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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

The dispute raised questions about a long-debated issue, namely the unauthorized use of images first posted on Instagram and other social media platforms (particularly in light of social media platforms' terms and conditions that allow authors to grant an implied license to repost their works on the platform).

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IPilogue

JULY 23, 2021

In this episode, Dario de Martino, Joyce Liou, and Paul Goldstein of Morrison Foerster break down all things non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and IP. In this episode, Rebecca Dobson and Steve Waine provide interesting advice, stories, and hypotheticals involving the intersection of IP rights and social media. . “T

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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. So what’s the harm? To date, the only enforcement action the FTC has brought against an influencer was in the CSGO Lotto case.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

Principal Cynthia Walden and Associate Sarah Kelleher discuss the non-fungible token (NFT) trend across the fashion industry and what this digital arena means for trademark protection and enforcement. Read the full article on World Intellectual Property Review. PDF copy available.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

With the Metaverse and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) being the common buzzwords as of late, the USPTO (US Patent & Trademark Office) has been experiencing a significant rise in the number of Trademark Applications filed in the virtual sphere to safeguard the products and services.

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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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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Right now we are living the intangibles revolution: social media, online shopping, on screen greetings, audio messages and meetings via platforms. So, when their digital self attends an online class or chats on social media, they can choose which t-shirt to wear from the items stored in their digital wardrobe.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The case highlighted the legal ambiguity surrounding copyright ownership in novel situations, the complexity of animal rights, and the influence of photography and social media on wildlife conservation. The case also highlighted the need for greater clarity in copyright law regarding AI-generated and non-human creations.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The latter has held the position for four years and writes: " The students that select this module often have very specific reasons, they have their own app, they post their music online, they have a start-up idea, they want to fight counterfeit drugs or understand the value of luxury brands or the IP related risks on social media platforms.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If you were told 15 years ago that a personal post on your social media could be worth millions of dollars, would you believe it? 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.

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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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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. Court decided that an NFT platform must be responsible for the digital works it trades.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. Court decided that an NFT platform must be responsible for the digital works it trades.

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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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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

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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IP Intelligence

JUNE 1, 2022

As the metaverse continues to become a more established marketplace, and consumers become more familiar with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), NFT marketplaces, decentralized domains, bitcoin, crypto wallets and the blockchain, it is no surprise that intellectual property (IP) owners are starting to see an increase in unauthorized uses of their trademarks (..)

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 22, 2022

Non-fungible tokens, known colloquially as NFTs, have gained popularity due to both their scarcity and variety. NFTs can link to underlying assets that range from physical works of art to social media posts to memes.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. It starts with the Chinese translation of Non-Fungible Tokens. The Specific Chinese Name for NFTs.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The majority ( 83% ) of Roblox users are under 16 years old[2], signalling that the future generation is shifting to Roblox to hang with their friends instead of more conventional social media. This represents a unique opportunity for brands to reach a highly engaged user base.

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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.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 19, 2022

It gets worse,… web3 domain name can be used as your NFT marketplace name on Opensea and your social media handle across web2 and web3. Owning googlestore.eth – for instance – can make it easy for a scammer to confuse google customers into thinking the payment request is coming from google. And that they are paying google.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 5, 2022

In particular, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), crypto and metaverse have dominated our infospace. Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay. This year we have seen an influx of educational events dedicated to everything digital. June was no exception. At the moment there are separate walled gardens and not one big metaverse.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Since the game title and NFTs were based on the use of F1, the game, the NFTs, the website, and the social media channels using ‘F1’ all had to be shut down. The brand licensing deal apparently had a ‘term’ that expired. F1 did not renew the license. The value of the NFTs was also tied to the F1 brand.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. It starts with the Chinese translation of Non-Fungible Tokens. The Specific Chinese Name for NFTs.

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IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Quentin Tarantino, writer and director of the 1994 classic ‘Pulp Fiction’ is engaged in a fight with the film’s owner over whether he has the right to Continue reading.

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IP Close Up

JUNE 1, 2021

Sale of a digital limited edition associated with the development of a Nobel Prize recognized cancer-fighting invention, a precursor to the patent, may provide businesses, Continue reading.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 19, 2021

Non-fungible tokens contain permanent metadata – like a certificate of authenticity for a rare painting. A single image was sold for 69M and Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet for 2.9M just some weeks ago. Some info on NFTs: NFTs’ actual ownership is blockchain-managed. They are unique, rare and indivisible digital assets.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

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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