IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. Although NFTs have been around since 2014, their far-reaching, multi-layered legal implications are just now being recognized. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks.

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Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 62

LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. Although NFTs have been around since 2014, their far-reaching, multi-layered legal implications are just now being recognized. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks.

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Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Branding 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. In this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS.

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Contracts Copyright Law Cease and Desist 98