IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) continue to be popular. Article 143 of the Patent Law provides patent holders recourse to file claims in the Commercial Court if the rights under their patent are infringed by another party. Trademark: NFTs may also be protected as a trademark. Introduction.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute. Non-fungible tokens (‘NFTs’) have occupied a significant space in current legal discourse, in no small part due to the numerous legal questions that have emerged in their wake. Authors: Abhijay Srekanth and Vivek Basanagoudar.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

” Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also been investigated by other Indian companies for application in the metaverse. In light of the Metaverse, it follows naturally that the enforcement of trademark rights would change over time. It might be more difficult than ever in the metaverse to police brands.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”).

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The auction of NFT ( non-fungible tokens ), which we addressed in this post , comprising wearable works of digital art, has revolutionized the trademark industry. Needless to say, legislation on trademarks, designs and also unfair competition, protect these products. Image rights of avatars.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A trademark is not just a means of securing and protecting a brand name, it is also a valuable business asset. It’s no surprise then that is a constant race to seek trademark ownership and registration of popular holiday names — but is owning a holiday name even possible? The trademarks are FRANCES VALENTINE and FV.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Hermes recently sued a digital artist for knocking off its Birkin handbag through the issuance of MetaBirkin non-fungible tokens (“NFT”). Hermes based its allegations of trademark infringement and dilution on the artist’s use of MetaBirkin as a trademark to promote his NFTs and at his metabirkin.com website.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

The main assets of any fashion firm that are virtual designs, may need to be protected as trade dress under trademark law. For undisputed ownership of virtual designs, Intellectual Property (IP) laws must be thoroughly handled with.

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

This historic ruling created a precedent for companies looking to protect their trademarks in the metaverse and sparked debate about whether Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) are protected by intellectual property laws. The jury gave Hermès a damages award of almost $133,000.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The first and the foremost question which crosses our minds is that does the digital assets in the virtual reality fall under the category of “Goods” under trademark law, and who should be held liable for infringement when the infringer is unknown.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Stored on the blockchain, an NFT (non-fungible token) is a unique token created in relation to a specific digital asset, like an image, music track or video clip. Brands and IP owners are closely watching the development of StockX and MetaBirkins lawsuits that may lay the foundation of IP law in the metaverse.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. Relevant here are Arun C.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

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. Application date. Description (shortened). Feb 25, 2022.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Apart from this, Non-Fungible Tokens, the brainchild of Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash, is a unit of data stored in a digital ledger that certifies that the digital asset is unique and is hence non-interchangeable. The trademark laws used to regulate cryptocurrency-related marks are in their nascent stage.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 26, 2023

Areeb Daimee is a 2L JD candidate at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law. With the rise of significant non-fungible token (“NFT”) trademark disputes taking place in the United States, Canada is looking towards the outcomes of those cases in order to interpret Canadian trademark law in relation to NFTs.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2022

On January 14, 2022, Hermès filed a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit against Mason Rothschild, the designer of MetaBirkin Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), a collection of 100 fur-covered Birkin-shaped bags, which launched in December 2021 on the NFT exchange platform OpenSea. . Hermès’ Action.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Trademarking an NFT at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is the first step in securing your intellectual property (“IP”). Whether you can trademark a non-fungible token or NFT depends upon whether the NFT is part of a collection that serves as a source indicator.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have come to hold a fundamental place in the digital universe and, specifically, in the so-called Web3. Although at present NFTs are scarcely used beyond mere collectibles, the growing interest in the metaverse is making non-fungible tokens extremely useful assets in our virtual lives.

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