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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Trump, Crypto and a New Era for IP Protection

The cryptocurrency industry is undergoing a transformative period as the Trump administration adopts a more structured and proactive regulatory approach to digital assets such as Bitcoin. This evolving legal framework not...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Five Reasons Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Startups Should Prioritize IP

Despite recent headlines that have proclaimed “The End of Crypto” in view of large-scale failures at cryptocurrency companies like FTX, Celsius, and Blockfi, innovation in the space continues at an accelerating pace. Startups...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Courts Offer More Guidance on Enforcing Rights to Brands and Images Used with NFTs

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) serve as agile mechanisms to verify an underlying asset's authenticity and/or ownership linked with it. For now, minting NFTs to commercialize digital artwork on blockchain domain names continues to...more

Hogan Lovells

Trademark infringement through NFTs - Intellectual property enforcement in the virtual world.

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The use of NFTs ("Non-fungible Tokens") can constitute a trademark infringement. This was recently decided by the IP Chamber of the Court of Rome (Tribunale di Roma, decision of 20 July 2022, ref. 32072/2022). The court...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

IP Rights in Virtual Fashion: Lessons Learned in 2022 and Unanswered Questions

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There was a lot of talk and much hype about the “metaverse” in 2022. While some were skeptical and stayed on the sidelines to watch, many companies began offering virtual counterparts to their real-world products for use by...more

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Metaverse Primer

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The term “metaverse” first appeared in 1992 as an abstract concept in Neal Stephenson’s dystopian novel Snow Crash. Two decades later, the Metaverse has since evolved from a mere idea to a figment of everyday reality, as it...more

Hogan Lovells

London Brands Seminar: NFTs and the Metaverse

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On 16 November 2022, partners Joel Smith and Sahira Khwaja and other members of our London brands team, hosted a client seminar on the ‘Metaverse’, including a lively panel discussion with Nicola Wood, Chartered Trade Mark...more

Stinson LLP

Meta Bags: NFT Complications and Considerations for Traditional Brand Owners

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In yet another example of the law trying to keep up with technology, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision in Hermès International, et al. v. Mason Rothschild that examines...more

Morgan Lewis

Metaverse: A Jumpstart Guide to Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and International Considerations

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The term “metaverse” first appeared in Neal Stephenson’s dystopian novel Snow Crash in 1992. Two decades later, the metaverse has evolved from a concept in print into an interactive and immersive reality. Its hyper-realistic...more

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Evolving Trends For IP Licenses in NFT Terms and Conditions

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With the proliferation of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), particularly in the art space, an interesting and potentially groundbreaking practice has developed where certain intellectual property (“IP”) pertaining to the NFTs is...more

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The Metaverse: A Legal Primer for the Nonprofit Sector

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The Metaverse is widely regarded as the next frontier in digital commerce, with organizations spending millions of dollars securing a presence by buying digital real estate and investing in platforms to be market leaders....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

NFTs: Usage Rights and Legal Fights

NFTs—or Non-Fungible Tokens—continue to raise new legal questions, particularly involving intellectual property rights and the enforcement of those rights against bad actors....more

Quarles & Brady LLP

A Trademark Guide to the Metaverse for Averse Brand Owners

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Introduction - Recent technological developments have made topics like the metaverse, Web3, blockchain, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) commonplace. But nothing about these topics is common....more

Dickinson Wright

The Who, What, Why, and How of NFTs, the Metaverse, and IP

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Recently, Jennifer Ko Craft (Member, Las Vegas) and John Krieger (Member, Las Vegas) presented at ACC Nevada’s monthly virtual CLE webinar on “The Who, What, Why, and How of NFTs, the Metaverse, and IP.” They discussed the...more

Venable LLP

[Webinar] Your Legal Guide to NFTs, the Metaverse, and Web3 - June 14th - 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse, and Web3 bring with them a host of new legal challenges in such areas as IP, securities law, tax, and advertising. As NFTs revolutionize the digital landscape and global economy, it...more

Bailey & Glasser, LLP

[Webinar] From Beeple to Billions - What You Need To Know About NFTs - June 21st, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm ET

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An NFT is one-of-a-kind digital asset that belongs to you and you alone – and some are selling for jaw-dropping prices. In November 2021, Christie’s auction house sold the first-ever NFT artwork by digital artist Beeple for...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Best Practices and Brand Exclusives: NFTs and Community Building in the Metaverse

We’ve written extensively on the still somewhat recent arrival of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as both a potential revenue stream, caveat-filled investment destination and pop culture marker of the moment. Back in 2018, we...more

Oberheiden P.C.

NFT Lawyer – 5 Things You Must Consider Before Hiring

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NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are digital assets that are sharply rising in popularity. Every day, individuals are launching new NFT projects with similar or new features compared to prior NFT projects. NFTs are attractive to...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Evolving Legal Issues for NFTs

Introduction to NFTs- Throughout 2021 and 2022, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have increasingly grown into public awareness. People often hear about NFTs through collectible projects like Bored Ape Yacht Club, CryptoPunks, and...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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Video Game NFTs: Top Legal Considerations for Developers

The qualities of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), including digital scarcity, immutable persistence, and transferability on a blockchain, make NFTs an attractive technology to integrate into video games. NFTs have been implemented...more

Polsinelli

Content Distribution on the Blockchain: A Case Study in the Use of Smart Contracts

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I. What We Saw in 2021 - The year 2021 saw enormous growth in the use, interest and diversification of blockchain technologies. From the rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a digital art medium to the establishment of...more

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Will NFTs Push Regulators to Regulate the Metaverse?

A few years ago, NFTs were the subject of interest only for tech geeks and the cryptocurrency community. It seems, however, that nowadays, NFTs are almost everywhere. For those who don’t yet know, NFTs (non-fungible tokens)...more

Morgan Lewis

NFTs in Singapore: A Good Bet on the Metaverse, or a Bubble Waiting to Burst?

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This past year has seen widespread excitement about non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with a plethora of players ranging from newspaper agencies to celebrities releasing their own NFTs. NFTs can take the form of songs, tweets,...more

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