Conviction in first NFT insider trading trial – white-collar crime, anti-corruption and fraud
25 May 2023 Faruqi and Faruqi To print this article, all you need to do is register or log in to Mondaq.com. On May 3,...
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Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Drama is not boring at all – trademark
16 May 2023 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP To print this article, all you need to do is register or log in to Mondaq.com. Editor’s Note:...
Bored Ape Yacht Club Unregistered Trademarks Effective Against Copycat NFTs in California Summary Judgment
In a significant decision for NFT content owners worldwide, the producers of the Bored Aped Yacht Club NFT compilation, Yuga, have successfully used unregistered trademark rights...
The Rise of Fraudulent Insolvencies in NFT Projects: What to Do When You’re Stuck? – Fine Tech
NFTs are non-fungible tokens that can be held and transferred on blockchains. Alongside the growth of NFTs as a digital asset class has also come the...
Former broker accused of $1 million crypto fraud
A former FINRA-registered broker and investment banker accused of bilking his friends, former classmates and industry colleagues of at least $1 million in a crypto Ponzi...
International: What the first two NFT trademark infringement cases signal for brand owners worldwide
In February 2023, there was a landmark decision for brand owners and digital assets, when a court of first instance decided the first US case to...
Crypto Finally Gets Its First Supreme Court Appearance | Business
A clash involving disgruntled Coinbase Global Inc. customers will give the U.S. Supreme Court its first taste of the cryptocurrency world, heralding future cases that could...
USA: Power of the purse – Hermès wins the NFT trademark lawsuit
In short On February 8, 2023, a jury handed down a verdict against Mason Rothschild, creator of the “MetaBirkin” non-fungible token (NFT), on claims of trademark...
New York Federal Jury Rejects First Amendment Defense in ‘MetaBirkin’s’ NFT Standoff
Introduction Perhaps no other area of the tech sector aside from the recent explosion of generative AI models has raised as many difficult intellectual property rights...
English court to determine the extent of blockchain developers’ legal duties to users
Founders, projects and providers of blockchain services, like other industry participants, usually take it for granted that they have no obligation to return property if digital...