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COPYRIGHT IN METAVERSE

Intepat

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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Copyright Regulation for Pseudonymous, Anonymous, and Related Creative Works in India

Intepat

In such cases, ownership may be attributed to the publisher or another designated entity. State of Tamil Nadu (2021) This case involved the unauthorized use of an artwork created by an unknown artist. Recent Case Law on Pseudonymous and Anonymous Works S. Ajay Kumar Goswami v.

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Copyrighting the Ogopogo Monster: The © story behind the news story

The IPKat

There were 18 registered copyrighted works related to the Ogopogo, including books, posters, artwork, videos (in some cases, supposedly of the creature itself) and dramatic works. Thirty years later, in 1984, local author Don Levers wrote a self-published children’s book called “Ogopogo-The Misunderstood Lake Monster”, that sold well.

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Still No “RKO” for Copyright Law After US Court’s Damage Award in Randy Orton Tattoo Dispute

IPilogue

Orton’s likeness was licensed through defendant WWE to defendant Take-Two Interactive Software, a video game publisher. This discussion raises questions of personal agency and asks how an artist can have ownership over their client’s body, even though it’s how their work is physically fixed. megastar Randy Orton.

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[Guest post] 'Can't Be Evil' NFT license - A tentative NFT worldwide license standard

The IPKat

The NFT art market, that is NFTs which specifically link an artwork or a digital file (a song, for example), have already gone mainstream and, of course, artists and projects owners have asked lawyers to prepare IP licenses to protect their IP. Let alone was it clear how to protect the IP rights in the artwork linked to it.

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Tarantino’s NFT Auction Goes Ahead Despite Miramax Copyright Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

Responding in court, his lawyers pointed out that the director has always retained the right to publish portions of his original handwritten Pulp Fiction screenplay. For example, early artwork featuring Samuel L. As such, the lawsuit is characterized as “ offensively meritless.”

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

A list of trademarks applied for in the EU for ‘ downloadable virtual goods’ and ‘online virtual services’ was recently published by The IPKat here. Hermes has sued a Californian artist, Mason Rothschild, for his “MetaBirkins” digital artworks alleging trademark infringement. Dec 21, 2021.