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Brands in the metaverse: showtime for the fashion and cosmetics industry

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:28:30 +0100

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Retail and fashion brands must adapt their branding to this new virtual world

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UKIPO guidance: trade mark protection for NFTs and virtual goods and services

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:09:15 +0100

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Clarity given on classification of NFTs and virtual goods and services, including those provided in the metaverse

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What risks can augmented and virtual reality introduce into the employment life cycle?

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:22:59 +0000

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The introduction of AR and VR technology into the workplace has significant implications for employers

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Tokenisation of real estate: the way forward

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:40:38 +0000

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What is needed to bring tokenisation mainstream? The final article in this series offers a route map for implementation

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The metaverse | Laying the legal foundations

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:25:50 +0000

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VC Focus | 10 digital token 'must knows' for international venture capital

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:24:50 +0000

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What should VCs know about investing in tokens and what could safeguard the ability to invest in them in the future?

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Virtual tops, real trademarks: how in the US and Europe to navigate fashion IP in the metaverse

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 16:49:18 +0000

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Defenses for brand owners include trademarks for real and virtual uses, robust policing, and licensing and usage terms

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European institutions contemplate the metaverse and its policy challenges

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:21:08 +0100

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European Parliament Research Service paper considers regulation by adapting the existing digital world policy framework

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Will AI be a game changer for the sports industry?

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:58:23 +0100

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Artificial intelligence is increasingly used in sport, but it is not yet clear how looming regulation will affect the sector

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Rethinking regulation of data-driven digital platforms

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:07:22 +0100

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The European Union is about to enact the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. Both are focused on reshaping the regulation of digital platforms – hugely important and impactful data-driven business models for today's society.

This is chapter 2.14 of Data-driven business models: The role of legal teams in delivering success

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The metaverse and artificial intelligence: the 'IP is everywhere' problem

Thu, 26 May 2022 10:12:56 +0100

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Almost all of the metaverse is likely to be someone's intellectual property, which raises issues around AI and the use of data

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IP and the metaverse: ownership and infringement of rights

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0100

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Platform operators will need to have tools and measures in place that allow them to put an end to infringements

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What regulation is on the horizon for the metaverse?

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0100

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A live concert staged in the metaverse raises broad legal and regulatory issues

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Blockchain in the metaverse: what international regulatory challenges lie ahead?

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0100

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A metaverse unleashed by blockchain technology raises big questions for digital, financial and data regulators the world over

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Work in the metaverse will pose novel employment law questions

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:16:00 +0100

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What will the impact of the metaverse be on how people work?

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Retail central bank digital currencies: are they inevitable if the metaverse is inescapable?

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:47:12 +0000

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What are the chief characteristics of CBDCs and their talking points in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and India?

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Employment Law Coffee Break | Covid-19, the metaverse and workforce strategies

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:41:12 +0000

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Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments for UK employers

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What are the legal issues around NFTs?

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:41:25 +0100

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Our international blockchain, technology, data, intellectual property and finreg specialists discuss the legal issues raised by the growing commercial activity around non-fungible tokens

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Metaverse Report

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:47:06 +0100

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A joint Osborne Clarke and Newzoo report on the games industry's early embrace of the metaverse and the legal issues this raises for users, its make-up and its regulation

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