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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. Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. So from our perspective, NFTs stands not only for β€œnon-fungible tokens” but also β€œNew Frontiers for Trademarks.”.

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Virtual Fashionistas: How can you protect fashion that you can’t touch?

Garrigues Blog

Right now we are living the intangibles revolution: social media, online shopping, on screen greetings, audio messages and meetings via platforms. So, when their digital self attends an online class or chats on social media, they can choose which t-shirt to wear from the items stored in their digital wardrobe.

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The first NFT copyright infringement decision handed down in China

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. Court decided that an NFT platform must be responsible for the digital works it trades.

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

LexBlog IP

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or β€œNFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art marketβ€”artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Damon Dash.

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Role Of NFTs In The Fashion Industry: An Overview

IIPRD

Recently, a new trend of merging of blockchain technology with creative intellectual property via non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) had taken place. The idea has spread across all market sectors, and now luxury fashion retailers have joined the tokenization bandwagon. Introduction. What are NFTs?

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

LexBlog IP

15] We discuss below three areas that may be of particular interest to this blog’s readership: auction houses and galleries, online marketplaces, and non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). ” [25] This is especially true on third-party sales websites (social media marketplaces, eBay, etc.),

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