The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Feb. 6, 2024, that a news organization's use of a photograph of musician Ted Nugent did not constitute fair use, siding with the photographer who argued that the news...more
In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith held that pop artist Andy Warhol's use of a photograph of late music legend and cultural icon Prince without...more
6/16/2023
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Commercial Use ,
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First Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
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Transformative Use
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
1/16/2023
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Artistic Works ,
Blockchain ,
Brand ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Branding ,
Digital Assets ,
Fashion Branding ,
First Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Popular ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks
For creators who seek to protect their intellectual property (IP), the idea of enforcing intellectual property rights in the metaverse may initially appear to be daunting. After all, given the metaverse's association with...more
10/10/2022
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
DMCA ,
Domain Names ,
Enforcement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Metaverse ,
Terms of Service ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks ,
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