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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

Though it is not easy to find a comprehensive list of all such trademarks in India (the website of the Indian TMR is so yesterday), recently advertised trademarks throw light on such activity. Dec 21, 2021. Dec 21, 2021. Dec 15, 2021. Some examples under class 9 include: S.No. Application date. Description (shortened).

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2021: [link]. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

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. Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. Brand owners have already begun to catch up.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! Verena von Bomhard (BomhardIP) presented a summary of trade mark cases before the EU Courts in Luxembourg from 2021. Julie Zerbo tells the rest of the story on The Fashion Law.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

LexBlog IP

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. Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. Brand owners have already begun to catch up.

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IP and NFTs: Where are We?

LexBlog IP

June 2021: Roc-A-Fella Records sues its co-founder Damon Dash, alleging that Dash’s attempt to mint Jay-Z’s album “Reasonable Doubt” as an NFT constituted unlawful conversion of the copyright in the album owned by Roc-A-Fella. Hermes Int’l et al. Rothschild , Case No. Roc-A-Fella Records, Inc. Dash , Case No.

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The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers

Kluwer Copyright Blog

To give a bit of a context, it is worth noting that in July 2021, Andreesen Horowitz confirmed their commitment to crypto by announcing the launch of their $2.2 Individuals can then download various applications created by third-party brands and developers and run such “super-apps” locally (i.e.,

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