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A Year Since Hermès Verdict: The Tussle Between Trade Mark Rights and Artistic Freedom Continues

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Firstly, it unanimously found the creator of MetaBirkin NFTs guilty of trademark violation on all three counts. Secondly, it refused to recognize those non fungible tokens as an ‘Art’ and held them disentitled for any protection under the ‘First Amendment’. The nine-person jury made two important observations.

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Fashion In The Metaverse : The Law And Protection

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Ripps [v] , which involves trademark infringement concerning the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, and Hunley v. Instagram [vi] are two further intriguing cases to study that are currently ongoing (copyright infringement case involving embedded photographs).

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