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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

Her previous posts on the blog can be viewed here, here , here , here and here. Hermes has sued a Californian artist, Mason Rothschild, for his “MetaBirkins” digital artworks alleging trademark infringement. Aparajita is a lawyer based in Bangalore. She works in a law firm that advises technology companies. Aparajita Lath.

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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part II by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó. The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part I by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó.

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Insights from the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings

IPilogue

Dirk Visser of Leiden University moderated this discussion on non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) and intellectual property (“IP”), which featured three speakers— Richard Lehv , Alexandra Giannopoulou , and Andres Guadamuz —who discussed different aspects of NFTs through their individual presentations. Dr. Andres Guadamuz.

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Ten things to know about NFTs

The IPKat

There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months. Recently, I spoke in the PRS London Members' Day panel about NFTs, alongside Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin) and Mike Walsh (Serenade).

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HitPiece Infringes Music Creators’ IP Rights: The Impact of NFTs in the Music Industry

IPilogue

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) are one-of-a-kind tokens stored on blockchain that can be sold and traded. HitPiece.com was generating controversy prior to the demand letter, with several users calling it a scam NFT site. As NFTs have gained popularity, scam sites are becoming more common.

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COPYRIGHT IN METAVERSE

Intepat

Another layer of complexity arises from the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which have become the metaverses digital asset backbone. While NFTs verify the ownership of a digital item, they do not inherently transfer copyright to the buyer.

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Creative Commons and NFTs – is CC licensing compatible with the new technologies?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have become a buzzword in recent years. By purchasing an NFT one only purchases an actual digital token that normally contains a link to or a copy of a digital artwork. In their blog post , CC have effectively warned readers that many people misunderstand what a CC licence actually means.

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