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It’s Not Going to Be (Y)easy: What Happens when Business Collaborations Dissolve?

IPilogue

The termination of this seven-year partnership, most famously known for its development of the Yeezy sneakers, raises important questions about IP ownership when business collaborations collapse. This includes at least eight US design patents filed by Adidas in 2016 that claim the ornamental design of the Yeezy sneakers.

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Tokenization of intellectual property for IP rights management

The IPKat

Tokenization of IP In a nutshell, "tokenization" means using a smart contract (i.e., The process of creating a digital asset with a smart contract is called "minting". The result is that the smart contract allows you to represent any IP, e.g., trademarks, designs, patents or copyrights, with a token.

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Outcome of Hermes Claim Against MetaBirkin NFT May Provide Glimpse of Future for Fashion, Art in Metaverse

LexBlog IP

Using NFTs has, in part, allowed digital artists to associate ownership in an original version of their art through the NFT that can be monetized much like the physical paintings or sculptures of artists creating in physical media. Design patents can also apply depending on the goods and circumstances.

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Well-known Cases Proving the Importance of Intellectual Property Rights – part 3

CopyrightsWorld

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft. However, Windows 2.0

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Protection of Copyrights in China

IP and Legal Filings

Though your work is automatically protected by copyright the moment it is created, voluntary registration will provide proof of ownership, which can save you time and money in case of a dispute later on. Voluntary registration for your copyright is available in China. website, software, catalogue, customer database, etc.), Conclusion.

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Rise Of IP Issues Due To The Increasing Popularity Of NFTs

IIPRD

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs. For instance, the $66K NFT sold by the popular American digital artist Beeple carried a resale value of $6.6mn dollars. IP Implications under NFTs.

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What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.