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January 2025 - LATAM Intellectual Property & Data Protection Newsletter

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Read the first 2025 edition of the Intellectual Property & Data Protection Newsletter, a publication from Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown. In this newsletter, Counsel Cristiane Manzueto and associate...more

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5 Key Takeaways - NFTs Demystified: Where We Are and Where We’re Going

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Kilpatrick Townsend’s Rob Potter recently spoke at the Federal Bar Association’s IP Law Fall Conference 2022 on the topic of “NFTs Demystified: Where We Are and Where We’re Going.” As Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) become less a...more

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[EDRM Webcast Transcript] Considerations and Challenges for Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and NFT Investigations

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Editor’s Note: On August 17, 2022, The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) under the leadership of Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad, hosted HaystackID as we collectively shared an educational webcast developed to...more

Smart & Biggar

Generative art NFTs - what brand owners need to know about copyright protection

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This is part 4 of our IP Update series exploring the evolving landscape for Internet, Digital Media and e-Commerce. Overview Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) continue to generate significant commercial value for brands through...more

Venable LLP

IP, Blockchain, and Digital Assets

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In 2008, a still-unknown person or group going by the alias Satoshi Nakamoto introduced blockchain technology and the first cryptocurrency to the world. In 2020, the cryptocurrency market was valued at $1.49 billion. And, in...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

NFTs: Gateway to Financial Independence or Litigation Risk?

NFTs—or “nonfungible tokens”—are everywhere. What was once seen as a collectors’ item for crypto geeks and LeBron James TopShop fanatics is now gaining popularity with a much wider audience. Take the recent example of the...more

Morgan Lewis

NFTs: What's in Store for 2022?

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2021 was a banner year for non-fungible token sales, which are projected to climb even higher in 2022. Selected by Collins English Dictionary as the 2021 Word of the Year, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

NFTs: Key Considerations for Rights Clearance

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have exploded in popularity over the past year. Use cases for NFTs have been growing as more industries are realizing the benefits they present. A report by blockchain specialist Chainalysis found...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

NFTs Give Rise to Innovative New Business Models and Revenue Opportunities

Takeaways - Most existing agreements covering the exploitation of intellectual property rights did not contemplate how NFTs should be treated. Drafting and negotiating agreements involving NFTs requires an...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Quentin Tarantino’s Secret NFTs

Quentin Tarantino recently announced plans to auction off seven scenes from the 1994 motion picture Pulp Fiction as non-fungible tokens or NFTs. These “Tarantino NFTs” will include a collection of high-resolution digital...more

Smart & Biggar

Art meets crypto – traditional copyright issues in a tokenized world

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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the latest development in disruptive blockchain technology innovations, this time in the world of digital art, collectibles, and even luxury goods. Traditional auction houses have already...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Steady Evolution of Athlete Endorsement and Sponsorship Markets and the Latest Household...

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Some of this week's highlights include: - Emerging trends are showing signs of change in the sponsorships and endorsement markets. A segment once largely overlooked, athletes in the LGBTQ+ community are finally ringing in...more

Haug Partners LLP

Valuation of NFTs: Factors to Consider and an Alternative to Destroying the Original Work

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Seven Important Traits - Attempting to value NFTs is a speculative and challenging practice, in part because they are still relatively new and there are few comparable assets. The newsletter Bankless gives seven traits to...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Dawn of the NIL Era in College Sports

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Well, today is the big day. If you’re reading this week’s installment of the Spotlight, it means that you survived the long and arduous journey of the name, image and likeness (NIL) era in college sports. Indeed, with the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

ABCs of NFTs: A Bright Future for the Arts or Just a Flash in the Pan?

Ever since the artist known as Beeple1 sold an NFT of a digital collage for over $69 million at Christie’s mid-March 2021 auction, everyone in the art world — and in other communities — has been talking about NFTs. Depending...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021

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Hope is in the air (not to mention copious amounts of tree pollen) here in New York – and that’s to say nothing of the Knicks’ hardwood resurgence, the Giants’ highly-acclaimed moves in last week’s NFL Draft and the Yankees’...more

Haug Partners LLP

The Current Status of NIL Rights and a Review of NFT Trends

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You may have noticed that name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been hot topics in the news lately, particularly in collegiate and professional sports. This article will provide a brief...more

Morgan Lewis

Nonfungible Tokens and Copyright: Diligence Issues to Consider

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Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are the latest cryptocurrency craze. These one-of-a-kind-collectibles have dramatically risen in popularity and have penetrated mainstream marketplaces. Since NFTs are often associated with images,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Nonfungible Tokens and the Music Industry: Legal Considerations

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have, in recent weeks, gone from a relatively obscure form of digital collectible stored on a blockchain to a virtual “gold rush” for artists, labels and other music rights owners looking for ways to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 5

State of Crypto: It’s Time to Talk About NFTs and Intellectual Property Law - "NFTs are all the rage right now, but buyers and sellers should be aware of the different regulatory frameworks that might govern these assets." ...more

Foster Garvey PC

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - March 2021

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Greetings, and welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sports & Entertainment Spotlight series! The product of my unrequited desire for human interaction nearly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, this weekly feature will...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How Blockchain Technology Can Improve the Music Industry - September 2018

Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that has great potential to solve many of the fundamental challenges facing the music industry today. In fact, this technology is uniquely suited to address issues across the various...more

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