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NFTs and IP – Your opportunity to comment

On November 23, 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office and the US Copyright Office issued a request for public comment on the subject of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property rights. Comments are due by Monday, January 9, 2023. In addition, the Offices will offer three public roundtables: one panel on NFTs and patents … Continue reading

Branding alert for Royal Warrant holders

By Abida Chaudri and *Jamie Brazier (UK) on October 13, 2022 Posted in Consumer goods, General, technology and innovation

Kat friends Jamie Brazier and Abida Chaudri provide an enlightening discussion of the right to use the Royal Arms following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It was with great sadness that the world learned, on 8 September 2022, of the death of Queen Elizabeth II the longest reigning monarch in British history. Immediately on her death, Charles III … Continue reading

Are we (virtually) there yet? Waiting for the rise of the metaverse from a brand owner’s perspective

By Georgina Hey (AU) and Isobel Taylor (AU) on September 29, 2022 Posted in Brands, Consumer goods, Intellectual Property, Patents, technology and innovation, Trademark

We are now almost one year on from Mark Zuckerberg’s much talked-about October 2021 letter announcing, among other things, the change of the name of his company from Facebook to Meta, reflecting the company’s commitment to revolutionising social connection through virtual reality. Zuckerberg’s expansive vision of a metaverse currently remains more of a fantasy than … Continue reading

TTAB rules reckless disregard for the truth constitutes fraud

By Kaylee A. Sill (US) on February 22, 2022 Posted in Brands, Consumer goods, Intellectual Property, technology and innovation

In Chutter, Inc. v. Great Management Group, LLC, a precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) held that recklessly false representations made during the course of the trademark application process satisfy the level of intent required to support a finding of fraud before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).[1] The TTAB’s … Continue reading

NFTs and Intellectual Property Rights

By Will Garton and Farah Mukaddam (UK) on November 1, 2021 Posted in Ethics, General, Intellectual Property, technology and innovation

Any creative endeavour is in theory capable of being tokenised or “NFT’d”. Record prices are being reached for the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). But what are NFTs? How are they created? Why are they so valuable? What does the buyer own? What rights do they confer? And why should IP lawyers care? Click here … Continue reading