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NFT Legal Deep Dive: Copyright, trademark, and Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 2 & 12) [Part II]

Mark F. Radcliffe
Margo H. K. Tank
Gina Durham
Mark F. Radcliffe | DLA Piper
Margo H. K. Tank | DLA Piper
Gina Durham | DLA Piper

On-Demand: May 17, 2023

NFT Legal Deep Dive: Copyright, trademark, and Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 2 & 12) [Part II]

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Program Summary

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) have grown dramatically in the last three years. The sales of NFTs have expanded dramatically in 2021 with sales exceeding $22 billion in trading volume according to DappRadar and this growth continued into the first quarter of 2022, with NFT sales of $12.4 billion. However, like most of the crypto industry, the trading in the remaining quarters dropped significantly. The total volume of NFT sales remained relatively similar flat, but the number of unique purchasers increased dramatically with the first quarter of 2022 reaching 3.18 million (a 675.88% increase over 2021). The Collins English Dictionary declared “NFT” the word of the year for 2021, and use of the word in 2021 increased more than 11,000 percent over 2020. NFTs have a wide range of uses including gaming, financial, collectibles, art, utilities, and metaverse.

NFTs will be a critical part of the digital strategy of all consumer facing companies as well as the opportunity to develop and implement new business models. Last year saw major brands launching NFT collections from Starbucks to Adidas. Yuga Labs, the developer of Bored Ape Yacht Club, raised $450 million at a valuation of $4 billion. This webinar will discuss the legal issues in more detail, NFT licensing strategies for companies, and will provide a deep dive on the major issues involving NFTs focusing on copyright, trademark and UCC.  

The NFT Legal Deep Dive series consists of three-part webinars.

The first webinar provides an overview of NFT legal issues and NFT strategies; The second webinar provides a deep dive on the major issues involving NFTs focusing on copyright, trademark and UCC; The third webinar discusses in detail the application of securities law to NFTs, the role of entertainment unions for NFTs and licensing strategies for NFT projects.

During this second webinar, we will discuss the application of three major legal regimes to NFTs, including:

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Copyright, including options for the scope of licenses
  • Trademarks, including strategies for protection and licensing issues
  • Uniform Commercial Code, including Article II (Sale of Goods) and the soon to be adopted Article 12 (Digital Assets)

Date: May 17, 2023

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Mark F. Radcliffe_ DLA Piper_FedBarMark F. Radcliffe | DLA Piper

Mark Radcliffe is one of the Co-Chairs of the Blockchain and Digital Asset Group at DLA Piper. His practice is a mix of corporate securities and intellectual property licensing. He has worked on a wide array of NFT projects including, licensing existing rights to NFT projects, developing terms of use for NFT sales platforms and NFT licenses.

 

Margo H. K. Tank_DLA Piper LLP_FedBarMargo H. K. Tank | DLA Piper

Margo Tank is one of the Co-Chairs of the Blockchain and Digital Asset Group at DLA Piper. Her practice focuses on electronic signatures, money transmission and digital assets. She has worked on a wide array of blockchain projects including NFTs.

 

Gina Durham_DLA Piper_FedBarGina Durham | DLA Piper

Gina Durham is the Chair, US Trademark, Copyright and Media Practice. Her practice includes both trademark protection strategy and trademark disputes. She works with our network of foreign associates to provide global advice on trademark strategy. She is active in advising both traditional companies and blockchain native companies in clearing and protecting their trademark rights.

Agenda

I. Copyright, including options for the scope of licenses | 12:00pm – 12:20pm

II. Trademarks, including strategies for protection and licensing issues | 12:20pm – 12:40pm

III. Uniform Commercial Code, including Article II (Sale of Goods) and the soon to be adopted Article 12 (Digital Assets) | 12:40pm – 1:00pm

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