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. NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts.

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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. Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. Also consider international markets.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 1, 2022

As many know by now, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) are unique units of data stored on a blockchain that have become an increasingly popular way to buy and sell artwork (as well as all kinds of other things). The phrase “investment contract” is not defined in the Securities Act. Howey Co. ,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. By: Joshua Durham. With an astounding $17.7

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

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 Besides, creators can benefit from smart contracts and determine that a certain percentage of the sales price goes to the original creator each time the work is resold.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

They are sold and/or traded in connection with “smart contracts” that govern the terms of transfer. In this case, beyond pure IP issues, the parties disagree over interpretation of Tarantino’s original contract with Miramax, in which he reserved all rights for print publication of the screenplay (including in digital form).

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Herbert Smith Freehills

JULY 6, 2022

One recent case gives some indication on how the English courts are responding in a dispute about trading blockchain-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) between a trading platform and its user ( Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC [2022] EWHC 773 (Comm) ). 100 winners of one NFT auction . 100 winners of one NFT auction .

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to a report by Markets and Markets, the cryptocurrency market is expected to grow from USD 1.6 billion in 2021 to USD 2.2 In a broad sense, blockchain technology can be defined as an open ledger of information that is used to keep a digital record of the transactions that occur in the crypto market.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

art market, the Report concluded that there was no immediate need to impose new regulations on the art market to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. Yet the Report also discussed how the art market remains susceptible to money laundering and describes how market participants can minimize this risk. Background.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Damon Dash.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021: Overbroad, Disproportionate and Unnecessary. In this post , Adyasha analyses the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021 (‘Bill’) which seeks ‘ to tackle the menace of film piracy ’, and is a revision of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2019. The deadline for submissions is September 19, 2021.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Million in 2021 and the same almost quadrupled in 2021 with a total sale volume of $24.8 NFT stands for Non-Fungible Tokens. Crypto is fungible i.e., they can be traded; one for another however, NFTs are unique, and one can’t be equal to another. The NFT sale volume totalled $94.09

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The world’s most popular multiplayer online game platform, “Roblox,” hosted a virtual “Gucci Garden” for two weeks in 2021 for the well-known luxury fashion label “Gucci.” ” Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also been investigated by other Indian companies for application in the metaverse.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 30, 2021

s copyright and registered trademark by thrusting its deceptively similar goods and flooding the high-in-demand but low-in-knowhow market, with its imitation products. August 27, 2021]. August 26, 2021]. The Defendant Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. allegedly infringed the Plaintiff Cipla Ltd.’s Narendra Hirawat and Co. &

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Depending upon which side of the fence you’re sitting on, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are either the greatest economic innovation of the twenty-first century or the biggest grift since Lyle Lanley sold Springfield a monorail. But love them or hate them, people can’t seem to stop talking about them. View Fullscreen.

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