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In May 2021, a phenomenal IPilogue submission by Keir Strickland-Murphy (Osgoode Law ‘22) touched on the recent boom of Non- fungibleTokens. In this piece, I will recapitulate Strickland- Murphy’s exploration of IP ownership of Non-fungibleTokens and expand on recent developments since May.
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The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-FungibleTokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. As NFTs per se are currently unregulated by statutes in the US, common law protection through trademarks may become all the more important. Applicable IP rights.
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