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Seth Green’s Kidnapped Bored Ape Shows NFTs’ Growing Commercialization
NFTs // May 25, 2022

Actor Seth Green’s plans to turn his Bored Ape NFT into a TV show have apparently crashed and burned just weeks before its launch after a scammer stole the non-fungible token — and possibly the commercial rights that come with it. Green, owner of the...

Nike and Hermès NFT Lawsuits Presage a Wave of Metaverse IP Litigation
NFTs // February 08, 2022

NFTs, art, commerce and people who pay way, way too much for sneakers and handbags are getting ready to clash in a lower Manhattan courthouse as Nike and Hermès have launched trademark infringement lawsuits over cryptocurrency tokens carrying images of their products. It’s the opening...

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Standard Deviation? Private Rule-Making Under the EU AI Act

September 12, 2023
The proposed EU AI Act (AIA) is an omnibus piece of legislation. It aims to provide the world’s first “horizontal” regulatory framework for AI, not limited to one industry or domain of use. The text is currently winding its way through the corridors of the EU legislature, though the overall structure of the proposed framework […]

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Nike and Hermès NFT Lawsuits Presage a Wave of Metaverse IP Litigation

February 08, 2022
NFTs, art, commerce and people who pay way, way too much for sneakers and handbags are getting ready to clash in a lower Manhattan courthouse as Nike and Hermès have launched trademark infringement lawsuits over cryptocurrency tokens carrying images of their products. It’s the opening salvo in an area of trademark and intellectual property law […]