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News From There #4 (October 2024)

Legal News
  • NFTs and MiCA regulation: what to expect by December 30, 2024? (Marina CARRIER, Partner, Halt Avocats)
  • Metaverse(s) and intellectual property: a British report calls for international cooperation (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • NFTs and intellectual property: summary of a report submitted to the U.S. Congress (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • Protecting trademarks in the world of NFTs: the Yuga Labs v. Ripps and Cahen case (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • GlobalBlock: new blocking mechanism among over 500 top-level domains (Arthur FOURE, Associate Director, IP Twins)
  • Unstoppable Domains and GlobalBlock together against cybersquatting (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
Blockchain TLD News
  • .LOCKER: launch with Bitcoin protocol support
  • .SECRET: the TLD born from the collaboration between Unstoppable Domains and Secret Network
  • .BLOCKCHAIN: a groundbreaking gTLD bridging Web2 and Web3
NFTs in Action
  • Phygital fusion: how Louis Vuitton redefines luxury with NFTs
Glossary: Phygital
Blockchain Domains
Resources
  • Legislative acts
  • Para-legislative documents
  • Guides et recommendations
  • Opinions of professional bodies
  • Case law
  • Decisions of intellectual property offices
  • Arbitral awards
  • Press review
  • Academic articles

News From There #3 (October 2023)

News
  • Trademarks and metaverse: are the similarity tests outdated? (Sachin Seshadri, Senior IP and Licensing Manager, Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore)
  • The Playboy case: the effectiveness of interim measures (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • The Pulp Fiction case: the need to carry out audits of agreements involving intellectual property rights (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • The Lil Yachty v. Opulous case: curb your enthusiasm (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
Glossary : Blockchain domains
Resources
  • Legislative acts
  • Para-legislative reports
  • Guidance
  • Opinions of professional bodies
  • Judicial cases
  • Decisions from intellectual property offices
  • Arbitral awards
  • Press
  • Selected studies

News From There #2 (February 2023)

News
  • NFTs and the protection of trademarks in the metaverse: a first overview after the Juventus case (Leonardo Maria Seri, Associate, BMLEX Studio Legale Associato Bacchini Mazzitelli)
  • “Cryptoassets” and intellectual property infringement: in search of the competent judge (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • Hermès v. Rothschild: how to fight trademark infringement committed by NFT minters (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
Glossary : Blockchain arbitration
Resources
  • Judicial cases
  • Arbitral awards
  • Decisions from intellectual property offices
  • Studies
  • Para-legislative works and legislative acts
  • Guidance

News From There #1 (December 2022)

News
  • Trademark infringement via NFT: a landmark decision from Rome (Tribunale Ordinario di Roma, Diciassettesima sezione imprese civile, 19 luglio 2022, RG N. 32072/2022) (Marco SANDRI, Key account manager, IP Twins)
  • Study commissioned by the European Parliament on non-fungible tokens and intellectual property (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • New blockchain top-level domains: first come, first served? (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • Blockchain domain names: the birth of the Web3 domain alliance (W3DA)  (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • The battle for the promisong .WALLET  (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
  • Decentralized domain names: the need for discussion between operators and intellectual property right holders (Emmanuel GILLET, IP Twins)
Glossary: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)
Blockchain domains
Resources
  • Judicial cases
  • Studies
  • Para-legislative works and legislative acts