Web3 did not invent legal immunity. By pitting the “MetaBirkins” NFTs against the Hermès brand, the U.S. court firmly reaffirmed that blockchain technologies, NFTs, and… Read More »Hermès v. Rothschild: how to fight trademark infringement committed by NFT minters
Introduction For thirty years, comparative private international law specialists have been trying to find a uniform solution to the questions of jurisdiction and applicable law… Read More »Cryptoassets and intellectual property infringement: which jurisdiction?
Amazon sells directly and indirectly. When it sells directly, it does so in its name and for its benefit. When Amazon sells indirectly, it relies… Read More »Louboutin v. Amazon: the CJEU paves the way for Amazon’s liability for trademark infringement
The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published its report entitled “EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the… Read More »Counterfeiting at the borders of the European Union: continuous increase in the number of detentions
This article is aimed at lawyers and non-lawyers protecting the trademarks of players, teams, clubs, sponsors, broadcasters, associations, federations, and confederations. There are leads on… Read More »Football and cybersquatting
Since 2018, the European Commission has published a biennial report on the state of counterfeiting in the world (on the 2018 report: iptwins.com, 2018-12-16; on… Read More »European Commission 2022 report on online counterfeiting
The Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament published a study on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property (Dr. Katharina Garbers-von Boehm, Helena Haag,… Read More »Study commissioned by the European Parliament on non-fungible tokens and intellectual property
A few blockchain domain name operators, including Unstoppable Domains, have created the Web3 Domain Alliance or W3DA (web3domainalliance.com). To date, the W3DA comprises the following… Read More »Blockchain domain names: the birth of the Web3 Domain Alliance (W3DA)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) identifiers are entitled to enhanced protection under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of… Read More »Can the International Olympic Committee prohibit the registration of domain names similar to the words “olympic” and “olympique”?
“First come, first served, so don’t come too late“, wrote Shakespeare in Measure for Measure, in 1616. “First come, first served” is a customary law proverb… Read More »New blockchain top-level domains: first come, first served?
