Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

2021 is still likely to be another record year for US trademark filings, despite the increased USPTO filing fees implemented in January. NFT trademarks. Trademark filings related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exploded in 2021. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2020: [link]. 2019: [link].

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While substantially more applications for goods and services that include the terms “NFTs” and “non-fungible tokens” were filed in 2022 than 2021, the number of NFT applications began to decrease in the second half of 2022. Erik Pelton® has been making trademarks bloom since 1999 ® as the founder of Erik M.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) continue to be popular. While NFT platforms are not yet specifically regulated, they are subject to the provisions on Electronic System Providers (“ESPs”) contained in several regulations, as follows: • Law No. Trademark: NFTs may also be protected as a trademark.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. Relevant here are Arun C.

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