1/8 The case for leverage in crypto is dubious at best right now. Unlike economically productive uses IRL (home mortgages, business loans, car loans, loyalty credit cards), crypto leverage seems to be used almost exclusively for speculation.
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The High Court of Singapore has held that NFTs are property. Why this decision is monumental and how it challenges the long held concept of property rights are tackled below ⚖️ 🧵
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How to send a takedown/DMCA notice-a🧵
if someone lists your art/NFT on marketplaces like @opensea/@MagicEden, 1st response = send them a takedown notice
This🧵will help you draft one!
If you don't know what they are, read👇1st: https://t.co/k2ZpnuN2W0
#nft#nftrights
This paper by @StanfordLaw prof @PatentScholar introduces a newly digitized, open-access version of the FDA’s #OrangeBook—a linkage between approved small-molecule drugs and their patents. It also reports applicable regulatory exclusivity. Read it here: https://t.co/75QOKLapUN
1/57 ♾️ on the infinite commons ♾️
why are lawyers here in web3 / crypto? what is our purpose? do we matter, in this murky twilight of legal uncertainty?
are we just vampires feasting in the night?
This is my framework for how to think about being a lawyer in this field.
17/ You can find our paper here: https://t.co/q5ZTe89x8F. Grab a cup of coffee or perhaps a tasty strowrange shake 🧐 and dig in. We welcome your feedback.
A few years ago, I made my Intro to IP coursebook available in digital for free along with an at-cost print version. We're now up to the 3rd ed. of Intellectual Property: Cases and Questions - still free at https://t.co/MBiRlBbCEs or $13 at Amazon: https://t.co/RV7cP6Gkm5
Costa Rica has tabled legislation legitimising and regulating crypto/virtual assets.
The Cryptoassets Market Law (MECA) aims to “give protection to individual virtual private property, to the self-custody of crypto-assets and to decentralization”
We are getting close to where AI can read a term sheet and crank out Series Seed Documents with some minor modifications. Cap table and various layers of liquidation preferences, can make this slightly more tricky. Any other VCs lawyers want to play around with AI simulations?
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The EU Blockchain Observatory has published a report on the EU Blockchain ecosystem development which basically answers all your questions about the regulatory and investment outlook of EVERY European country.
Key analysis/graphs & takeaways 🧵 ⚖️
Crypto theft is very difficult to address in an ex-post way for Chinese. It is a loophole in the law. Ex-ante protection is thus important. The more important is the necessitly to arouse ppl's awareness of such situation. #NFTs#NFTlaw