IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In an address to a parliamentary committee in 2016 , Rankin Inlet-based artist Theresie Tungilik noted that “[the] artist’s resale right will have a positive financial impact as 10% of Canada’s export is Inuit art.”. Inuit Art Foundation’s website. Not all Canadian galleries oppose ARRs.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark. I am of the view that the copyright artist resale right should also apply to NFT digital art, meaning that when it is resold the original seller receives a percentage of the subsequent sale.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

Hermes has sued a Californian artist, Mason Rothschild, for his “MetaBirkins” digital artworks alleging trademark infringement. In the US too, several companies are protecting their trademarks for similar goods and services. TOMMY JEANS. March 4, 2022. Dec 21, 2021.

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The IPKat

JULY 14, 2022

Comments on the EUIPO’s definition of NFT The EUIPO’s definition of an NFT partially resembles that of the United States Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO), which states that “ non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are maintained on a blockchain and typically represent digital items and authenticate their ownership ”.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under New York’s statutory prejudgment interest rules, an aggrieved party may recover prejudgment interest on a sum awarded because of a breach of contract or wrongful interference with title to, or possession or enjoyment of, property. [1] ” [9] Thus, Nagy argued, the Heirs’ replevin of the Artworks “made them whole.”

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

January: The year kicked off in Tanzania with the news that the Parliamentary Standing Committee in Tanzania received a report from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports addressing its efforts to review and improve the loopholes found in the Copyright Licensing and Rights to Benefit from Re-Sale Regulations, 2022.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

Along with these evolutions in the digital space, forms of investment and ownership are also advancing to make use of these technologies. Essentially, an NFT is a digital token that can serve as a certificate of ownership. However, the underlying digital artwork itself is not the NFT.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

The case focused around a comic image depicting a chubby tiger receiving a vaccine shot, which was one of many artworks from the popular cartoon series “ Fat Tiger ” released on Weibo, China’s principal social media site, by a Chinese artist. Background (NFT Copyright). Shenzhen Qice Diechu Cultural Creativity Co.,

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

The case focused around a comic image depicting a chubby tiger receiving a vaccine shot, which was one of many artworks from the popular cartoon series “ Fat Tiger ” released on Weibo, China’s principal social media site, by a Chinese artist. Background. Shenzhen Qice Diechu Cultural Creativity Co.,

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

This will give recognition to those persons and provide them with ownership rights for that intellectual activity. Any literary work, text, music, videos, 3D paintings, images, software programs, avatar designs, art, or literature will get protection under copyright in the metaverse. Mason Rothschild.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

NFTs are units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of (supposedly) unique digital media items. They are sold and/or traded in connection with “smart contracts” that govern the terms of transfer. Remedies: Are current statutory protections adequate to protect rights owners in NFT marketplaces?

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. Moreover, a mere collage of an artwork “Everydays – The First 5000 Days” made by him was sold for $69.3mnin an auction. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

We have previously discussed the thorny intellectual property implications of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of a unique digital media item. This issue recently came to a head in a 64-page federal court decision in Friel v.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 29, 2022

If you’re selling a digital rendition of a piece of artwork, you will mint an NFT, which will then attach to that particular piece of digital art. The NFT will link to what the owner is licensing: the actual digital work, the piece of artwork, the image, the video, the audio file, etc. Ownership of NFTs.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Condé Nast paid the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. (“AWF”) $10,000 for the license, while Goldsmith received neither a license fee nor a source credit. For those willing to accept the work, expect strong warranties and artist indemnification contract clauses. for the Visual Arts, Inc.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

People probably aren’t aware, but Spotify just as an example, has been involved in dozens and dozens of rights disagreements with rightsholders, be it on not only songwriting but also the master rights and even also artwork rights. So there’s a lot of nuances out there.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts. Similar trends from conceptual art to domain names can provide insight into whether this trend is here to stay. As technology and art advance, markets are never far behind.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

As a means of cryptographically proving ownership on the blockchain, each NFT has a unique hash, distinguishing it from other copies, as opposed to the non-exclusive license to access the copyrighted material obtained when purchasing an e-book. While not all marketplaces are geared towards offering such passive income, some do.

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

Not asking someone if you can share their comic about depression before reposting it to your tens or hundreds of thousands of followers is irresponsible and can read as disrespectful of the time the illustrator put into the original artwork.” ” E: What has your experience been like collaborating with other makers?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Such works of art benefit the creator, and they are protected by the law of intellectual property. Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. iii] NFTs are limited to having a single owner.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

NFTs were minted Money was advanced The underlying contracts Never got a glance Dreams of exploitation From Florida to France But no rights were acquired The kids don’t stand a chance. — “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance, Aaron’s Version” ( with apologies to Vampire Weekend ). Definitely. You Own the NFT.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

NFTs are an attempt to enforce decentralization, ownership tracking, and value storage, while also making the lawful owner’s claim to the original work visible in the event of duplication. It aims to act as valid proof of ownership and grants the creator “digital bragging rights” through traceable proof of ownership.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

On February 4, 2022, the Treasury Department published its Study on the Facilitation of Money Laundering and Terror Finance Through the Trade in Works of Art (the “Report”). [1] Yet the Report also discussed how the art market remains susceptible to money laundering and describes how market participants can minimize this risk.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs is the latest trend that has taken the world of art and technology by storm. NFTs revolutionised the concept of ownership and digital art. Many aspiring artists have now started converting their physical and digital artworks into NFTs and putting it up for sale, with many making considerable profits.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The unawareness of parties on sale platform and freedom to set prices as one wishes may turn the high-value art to be an object for money laundering. Forms of digital media or virtual artworks are traded among NFT traders in the current NFT market practice, frequently for astronomically high prices.

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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. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Fundamentally, an NFT is just a transactional record and a link to a digital asset (often an image of artwork or a document) stored somewhere on the web. Again, NFTs are just an ownership record and a link to content. Is the sale of a single work of original art considered to be a publication? The NFT isn’t the image.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

NFTs may be represented in the form of memes, artworks, or videos. NFTs are digital assets that are represented by art, memes, collectible videos, and music pieces. Smart contracts are contracts that are used to regulate NFT transactions. In the NFT space, a buyer is granted ownership over a copy of a digital artifact.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

It has the ability to be one-of-a-kind and unrepeatable token that cannot be split but may be used to represent real or virtual world things, as well as the token’s own qualities and ownership, all while remaining within a blockchain representation. This endows NFTs with the unique qualities that make them so desirable.

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