To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Yiğit Demir v Afra Tafra Film Production and Production Limited Company & Turkish Patent and Trademark OfficeAnkara 2nd Civil Court of Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights, Merit No 2021/357 E, dated 18 May 2022 The mere usage of the sign…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Challenges Ahead It remains to be seen if the NFT trading activity will continue on the same rising path, how this distributed ledger technology (DLT) will evolve in the coming years and whether this technology will provide the solution to…
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On June 3, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) that seeks public comment on the implementation of a “no-action letter” process at FinCEN. The “no-action letter” is “a form of an exercise of enforcement discretion wherein an agency issues a letter indicating its intention not to…
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My colleague Terry Isner recently wrote about our experience at the Pitch Perfect session during the annual Driving Diversity and Leadership Conference of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) in San Antonio. During the session, a select group of conducted presentations to a panel of firms of in-house counsel and…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Think about the last time you had a conversation with someone new. It likely kicked off with a question asking, “What do you do?” and then maybe “What do you like to do?” Most of the time, these two topics are considered separately. Why is that? More…
In its second Investor Day, streaming service Spotify updated the financial community about its potential for further growth and monetization, despite the overall economic downturn impacting the tech sector. The company spent a good portion of its presentation specifically focused on podcasts, which it said had been “largely unchanged” for years before its entry into…
If we delve into the statistics and business climate of India during the past few years, there is no doubt that the country has been riding an entrepreneurial wave. Indian start-ups have raised over USD 42 billion in funding capital over the past year, making India the third-largest start-up ecosystem in the worldone. Despite these…
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This is the second article of a four-part IP Metaverse series exploring IP protections for Metaverse-related technology and consumer-facing brands (see our first published article “IP Metaverse Series – Part I: Brands are Plugging in and Cashing in – Protecting Trademarks and Copyright in Virtual Goods and Services”). Overview The metaverse is considered the internet’s…
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Despite rising inflation, escalating material and construction costs, supply chain delays and general market uncertainty, the high-end residential construction market continues to experience record growth. According to recent statistics, the value of new private home construction projects in the United States is at a record high ($776 billion in 2021). Although we have written extensively…
On June 2, 2022, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) released a request for information on how climate-related financial risk is related to the derivatives markets and underlying commodities markets (the “RFI”).one The RFI is intended to inform the CFTC’s next steps in this rapidly developing area and respond to the 2021 Report on…
