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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

In a limited sense, the IT Act, 2000’s discussion of intellectual property and protection problems omitted the issue of technological misuse from its legislative framework. Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market.

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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

Plagiarism Today

Initially released in May 2000, Limewire was a peer-to-peer file sharing service that found a great deal of success and infamy following the closure of Napster in July 2001. As such, the new LimeWiere will not be a file sharing network, but a marketplace for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), initially focusing on music.

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IPR And Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

Entertainment 2000, Inc. 2000 along with Design Rules 2001. Metaverse is essentially a blessing for businesses that own trademarks because it offers a fruitful environment for inexpensively promoting and marketing trademarks. Allegations of trademark infringement have already been made in several instances in Metaverse. The Design Act.

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Trademarks And the Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also been investigated by other Indian companies for application in the metaverse. Information Technology Act of 2000, Section 10A.) The platform integrates platforms, digital accelerators, domain and design skills, and solid partnerships in a “rich creator-partner economy.”

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Cybersquatting Web3 Domain Names

Traverse Legal Blog

The ACPA is a federal law that brought trademark enforcement to the internet in the year 2000. The ACPA was passed in 2000 to make it illegal for anyone except the trademark owner to register, use, or traffic in a domain name with a bad faith intent to profit. That was 1998.

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Blockchain Game Developers and FinCEN: When are State Money Transmission Laws Applicable?

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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.