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HERMES INTERNATIONAL and HERMES OF PARIS, INC., v. "MASON ROTHSCHILD" a/k/a SONNY ESTIVAL
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May 01, 2024
Artist Can Exhibit 'MetaBirkins' NFT Despite TM Trial Loss
A New York federal judge has said the Los Angeles-based designer behind the "MetaBirkins" non-fungible token can provide permission to a Swedish museum to display his trademark-infringing artwork, despite an injunction barring him from promoting or selling the NFTs.
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March 14, 2024
Artist Can't Exhibit 'MetaBirkins' NFT After TM Trial Loss
The Los Angeles-based designer behind the "MetaBirkins" non-fungible token is barred from displaying his artwork at a Swedish museum after a federal judge ruled there is a high probability he will use the platform to promote products that a jury previously said infringed trademarks held by luxury French fashion house Hermes International.
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January 02, 2024
Judge Says 'Valueless' MetaBirkins NFTs Can't Be Collateral
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has concluded that a Los Angeles speculator's non-fungible tokens appeared to be "valueless items," deciding he couldn't use them as collateral to cover a $133,000 jury verdict he lost to the Hermes brand in a trademark case.
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July 26, 2023
The Biggest Trademark Decisions Of 2023: A Midyear Report
The U.S. Supreme Court weighed in twice on federal trademark law in the first half of 2023, ruling that Lanham Act provisions barring trademark infringement don't apply to foreign conduct and rejecting a circuit court's finding that a poop-themed dog toy version of Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle was protected by the First Amendment. Here's a look at the most notable trademark decisions so far this year.
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July 25, 2023
MetaBirkin NFT Artist To Appeal TM Trial Loss To Hermes
The Los Angeles designer accused of ripping off French fashion house Hermes with his collection of "MetaBirkin" non-fungible tokens told a New York federal judge that he plans to take multiple decisions in the case to the Second Circuit after the district court held that a jury fairly decided he had infringed Hermes trademarks.
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June 23, 2023
MetaBirkins Creator Can't Get New TM Trial After Hermes Loss
A New York federal judge rejected Friday a Los Angeles designer's request for a new trial and his challenge of Hermes International's jury win in its trademark lawsuit over the designer's "MetaBirkins" non-fungible tokens, rejecting his argument that jury instructions misled jurors about expressive work protected under the First Amendment.
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March 29, 2023
Hermes Says 'MetaBirkins' NFT Maker Is Playing The Press
The French luxury brand Hermes is accusing the legal team behind the "MetaBirkin" line of non-fungible tokens of continuously trying to litigate their trademark dispute "in the press," during and in the wake of losing a jury verdict in the case a month ago.
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March 15, 2023
MetaBirkins Artist Wants New Trial After Hermes Loss
A Los Angeles-based designer is seeking to wipe out a February jury verdict that held his "MetaBirkins" non-fungible tokens infringed trademarks held by French fashion house Hermes, arguing that the trial was tainted by purportedly prejudicial jury instructions.
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March 06, 2023
Hermes Says 'MetaBirkins' Artist Brazenly Ignored TM Loss
Luxury brand Hermes has urged a New York federal judge to permanently block a Los Angeles designer from marketing "MetaBirkins" non-fungible tokens after a jury found him liable for trademark infringement, arguing that he continues to "brazenly" violate Hermes' intellectual property rights.
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February 08, 2023
'MetaBirkins' Verdict Serves As Warning For Artists' NFT Use
Luxury brand Hermes' win Wednesday against an artist's "MetaBirkins" non-fungible tokens won't end the debate over intellectual property rights and NFTs, but it may serve as a cautionary tale for how artists name and promote their NFT projects, attorneys told Law360.