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[Guest post] What is an NFT? A comment to the EUIPO Guidance on NFTs

The IPKat

A comment to the EUIPO Guidance on NFTs by Paolo Maria Gangi As The IPKat reported a few days ago here , the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently released some guidance notes on its approach to the classification of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

Class 9: Virtual two wheelers; virtual motorcycles; virtual scooters; virtual three wheelers; virtual electric vehicles; virtual gaming studio, virtual gaming parlour, downloadable multimedia files containing artwork, text, audio and video files and non-fungible tokens. The definition of these terms is unclear.

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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. All this has been complicated by the fact that NFTs are both a new and complex concept.

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NFT Copyright License Rights: Due Diligence is Critical.

Traverse Legal Blog

With that in mind, we now have something called non-fungible tokens or NFTs. Be an NFT expert if you want to take advantage of this emerging market. You can create a digital or non-digital asset and attach that to an NFT. That Smart Contract, that token that can have unique data associated with it.

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The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers

Kluwer Copyright Blog

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . The Rift Over Web3. What is web3, anyway?

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Taking the “Fun” Out of Non-Fungible Tokens: Could Securities Laws Apply to NFTs?

LexBlog IP

As many know by now, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) are unique units of data stored on a blockchain that have become an increasingly popular way to buy and sell artwork (as well as all kinds of other things). The most important definition of a security appears in the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). [5]

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Global Digital Encounter 21: The Metaverse as a Challenge to Classical IP

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In particular, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), crypto and metaverse have dominated our infospace. The first topic up for discussion by the panel was the actual definition of the metaverse. The current market figures do not support the thesis that metaverse is virtual reality (VR) per se. June was no exception.