Artwork, Ownership, Reporting and Social Media

Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics.

Social Media

Social Media Intellectual Property Registration Branding

Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

IPilogue

JUNE 13, 2022

Listing someone else’s artwork on an NFT marketplace is as simple as saving a copy of the work from an artist’s website or social media platform and uploading it onto a marketplace where it is minted into an NFT. This recommendation would still require artists to verify the results and report an infringement to marketplaces.

Non-Fungible Tokens

Non-Fungible Tokens Art Due Diligence Social Media

Ten things to know about NFTs

The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Successful NFTs that were lucrative for the seller include, for example, Kings of Leon who reportedly generated $2million from NFT sales of their album, which was minted alongside other benefits including artwork, a vinyl, and for six buyers even lifetime front-row seats to Kings of Leon headline gigs.

Non-Fungible Tokens

Non-Fungible Tokens Advertising Advertising Ownership

Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

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.

Copyright

Copyright IP Social Media Copyright Infringement

Centering Artists’ Voices Within IP Discourse

IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. E: What advice would you give to fellow artists and makers on social media on sharing their work? “ Michelle (M): “ There are ways to get your [infringed] work taken down by filling out a copyright report.

Social Media

Social Media IP Business Branding

Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

Blogging

Blogging Social Media Television Fair Use

NFTs: Friend or Foe for Brand Owners?

Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If you were told 15 years ago that a personal post on your social media could be worth millions of dollars, would you believe it? A non-fungible token, also known as NFT, is a one-of-a-kind digital item stored on a public digital ledger (a blockchain), which provides a certificate of ownership to a particular individual².

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Non-Fungible Tokens

Protecting Your Brand: How to Remove Counterfeits from Amazon

Corsearch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. Copyright Copyrights are granted to authors and creators of written and multimedia works such as books, movies, music, photographs, videogames, and artwork.

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Reporting

Takeaways from the Hermès Litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs

LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

Ownership of trademark rights is not contingent on a registration. This may include text messages, messaging apps, posts on any social media platform, and other forms of communication. ” ( Id. This is a highly fact-specific inquiry that depends on multiple factors. ” ( Id.

Litigation

Litigation Artistic Work Branding Brands

What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

Howell ruled last Friday that the Register of Copyrights did not act “arbitrarily or capriciously” in denying a copyright registration to Dr. Stephen Thaler for artwork generated entirely by artificial intelligence. That will require writers who identify as human. As always, I’d love to know what you think.

Derivative Work

Derivative Work Registration Copyright Public Domain

How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

The same rule applies to digital artworks sold as NFTs. Here’s the first clause, section (i), dealing with ownership of the Bored Ape NFTs: “i. Ownership of the NFT is mediated entirely by the Smart Contract and the Ethereum Network: at no point may we seize, freeze, or otherwise modify the ownership of any Bored Ape.”

Derivative Work

Derivative Work Licensing Artwork Contracts

U.S. Treasury Study Rejects Immediate Need for New Regulation of Art Market

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.

Art

Art Marketing Marketing Due Diligence

NFT Update: 5 Recent Lawsuits Show a Glimpse into Future Legal Battles Involving NFTs

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. Miramax LLC v.

Non-Fungible Tokens

Non-Fungible Tokens Social Media Contracts Branding

Trademarks And the Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

According to a Bloomberg Intelligence report [2] , the worldwide revenue opportunity from the metaverse is predicted to hit $800 billion in 2024, up from the estimated $500 billion in revenue generated by the metaverse in 2020. In contrast, NFTs and brands in the metaverse bring unique ownership considerations.

Trademark

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands

Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The breathless media reports soon followed. 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. The NFT isn’t the image. NFTs Are Not Copyrightable.

Copying

Copying Non-Fungible Tokens Contracts Copyright

Intellectual Property Pulse

Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

Trending Sources

Ten things to know about NFTs

Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

Centering Artists’ Voices Within IP Discourse

Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

NFTs: Friend or Foe for Brand Owners?

Protecting Your Brand: How to Remove Counterfeits from Amazon

Takeaways from the Hermès Litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs

What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

U.S. Treasury Study Rejects Immediate Need for New Regulation of Art Market

NFT Update: 5 Recent Lawsuits Show a Glimpse into Future Legal Battles Involving NFTs

Trademarks And the Metaverse

Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

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