It’s been a while since we talked about NFTs here at Llama Towers, this is mostly because not a lot has been happening, but it is also due to most of my attention being directed to artificial intelligence. But a recent event has made things interesting in the NFT space Read more…
A Commercial Court in Barcelona has made a ruling in a novel copyright dispute between fashion shop Mango and the Spanish collective society for artists VEGAP (text of the decision in Spanish here). The dispute involves the adaptation of a number of works by prominent Spanish artists into garments displayed Read more…
Yuga Labs, the makers of the popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club, has won a major legal victory on their ongoing litigation against artist Ryder Ripps. The claimants filed a motion for summary judgement, and the District Judge has granted some of their requests, while denying others. What is Read more…
Luxury brand Hermès has won a trademark jury trial in New York against artist Mason Rothschild. The dispute was over Rothschild’s NFT collection MetaBirkins, which are sold on the marketplace SuperRare, consisting of links to images of furry Birkin bags. The jury awarded Hermès $133,000 USD in damages for trademark Read more…
Courtesy of the Commercial Law Court in Barcelona (Juzgado de lo Mercantil), we are getting one of the very first rulings dealing with the interface between intellectual property, NFTs, and the metaverse (previous decisions have been about property itself). In other words, perfect Technollama territory (text of the decision here). Read more…
I’ve been catching up with the ongoing case of Yuga Labs v Ryder Ripps. This case involves conceptual artist Ryder Ripps, and Yuga Labs, the makers of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, which is still the most successful NFT project in the world. Ryder Ripps has been Read more…
Artificial intelligence generated art is here to stay. In recent weeks OpenAI has given wider access to its AI graphics tool called DALL·E, and that has been followed by an explosion of imaginative, wacky, baffling, bizarre, and sometimes beautiful art being shared with the wider public. The success of the Read more…
You wait months for an NFT case, and then two drop in the matter of days. First an English court confirmed that tokens are property (more on that when I get my hands on the decision), and now there is a fascinating copyright case taking place in Germany that could Read more…
Most of the writing about the legal issues surrounding NFTs has been rightly concentrated on two topics, what rights does the buyer acquire when purchasing a token, and the issue of copyright infringement. But I have been thinking for a while that perhaps one of the most interesting legal subjects Read more…
It’s been another interesting day in the wilderness that is NFT-land. While many people (myself included) have spent a good part of the legal commentary on the NFT art market, the most valuable tokens can be found in collectibles, these usually take the shape of a stock character that is Read more…