Showing posts with label commercial product. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commercial product. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2023

Trademarks in the metaverse — artistic expression or commercial product?; Reuters, January 5, 2023

, Reuters; Trademarks in the metaverse — artistic expression or commercial product?

"While the Rogers decision was initially limited to movie titles, courts have variously expanded its application to books, songs, video games, and even commercial items such as dog toys, with particular expansion occurring in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The extent of its scope is now at issue at the U.S. Supreme Court. While virtual goods present issues different from physical goods, how courts determine the metes and bounds of the Rogers test will be determinative of how NFTs are analyzed."