Metaverse and nfts

The Metaverse: A new dimension for legal services

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:39:58 Z

After having created and shared the virtual reality (VR) experience several times now with clients during our events with Arthur Technologies, I am so excited about the potential that the Metaverse holds for transforming our industry.

Gaming and law: What businesses need to know

Justin Davidson — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 08:41:00 Z

Gaming raises a multitude of legal issues for businesses. In this series of publications, Gaming and law: What businesses need to know, we cover a number of the most topical issues.

Navigating the metaverse

James Russell — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:08:00 Z

In the space of a very short time, businesses are focusing on what the metaverse means for them. In addition to commercialising the opportunities available to them, such as new channels to market and enhanced customer engagement, businesses will need to understand and address the associated risks.

Web 4.0 and virtual worlds: The next frontier

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:08:24 Z

As public awareness of Web 3.0, the metaverse and other associated technologies increases, there is further pressure on governments, businesses and regulatory bodies to keep abreast of both the possibilities and the risks of these new worlds.

NFTs, cryptocurrency, digital assets: What are they under English law?

Adam Sanitt — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:35:00 Z

Digital assets, what are they really? You can’t physically hold them, they’re not legal rights, but they are personal property. So how should they be treated under English law?

Hermès succeeds in enforcing trade mark rights in NFT dispute

Felicia J. Boyd — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:41:45 Z

On February 8, 2023, a jury found Rothschild liable for trademark infringement, trademark dilution and cybersquatting based on Rothschild’s use of the Birkin mark to promote and sell the MetaBirkins NFTs.

Metaverse opportunities — and risks — for sports are unlimited

Alex Wills, Tom Maturi — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:02:47 Z

Similar to esports, the key monetization opportunity for the sports metaverse lies in sponsorship, streaming, broadcasting and advertising.

Hermès Challenge of “MetaBirkin” NFTs to Continue

Felicia J. Boyd — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:42:31 Z

In a case that is likely to provide much awaited guidance on the application of trade mark law to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), luxury design house Hermès International and Hermès of Paris, Inc. (Hermès) is suing artist Mason Rothschild in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for trademark infringement and dilution, misappropriation of its BIRKIN trademark, cybersquatting, false designation of origin and description, and injury to business reputation.

Are NFTs a type of property under English law

Sean Murphy — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:52:00 Z

An English court has reportedly recognised a non-fungible token (NFT) as a type of property in an as yet unreported High Court decision.

What is the Metaverse & why should you care about it?

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:00:00 Z

The Metaverse has moved beyond science fiction movies like Ready Player One to become an important reality. Fortune magazine recently said that the Metaverse might just be the most important tech trend since the iPhone. It is so important that Facebook changed the name of its parent company to Meta and spent more than $10 billion on its Metaverse projects in 2021.

Intellectual property rights in the Metaverse

Daniel Daniele — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:00:00 Z

The metaverse will offer an immersive digital world that feels physical and tangible in nature. Interacting with metaverse has the opportunity to shift the internet in a new direction and pose new intellectual property rights for developers, contributors, and users.

Privacy in a parallel digital universe: The Metaverse

Imran Ahmad, Tiana Corovic — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:22:00 Z

For many years, the immersive three-dimensional digital world has been left to the cinematic experience. However, the emergence of the metaverse presents an opportunity to translate everyday activities – working, attending a concert, travelling, shopping, socializing – into a parallel digital universe.

Will the Metaverse be a Universal Platform? Part 2 - The Legal Issues

Sean Murphy, Michael Sinclair — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:15:47 Z

We consider some of the key legal and regulatory issues future stakeholders may need to consider in relation to the Metaverse.

Will the Metaverse be a universal platform? Part 1

Sean Murphy, Michael Sinclair — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:32:15 Z

Suddenly the metaverse is everywhere. But what are the potential legal ramifications of living and working in this parallel universe?

The Metaverse: The evolution of a universal digital platform

Sean Murphy, Jay Modrall, Mike Knapper, Susan Linda Ross, Michael Sinclair — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:18:50 Z

In technology, first-mover advantage is often significant. This is why BigTech and other online platforms are beginning to acquire software businesses to position themselves for the arrival of the Metaverse. They hope to be at the forefront of profound changes that the Metaverse will bring in relation to digital interactions between people, between businesses, and between them both.

Anatomy of an NFT

Andrew Lom — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:20:07 Z

What, exactly, is a non-fungible token and how is it different from a fungible, or any other, token?