Juventus Football Club Scores Landmark Win…

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JUVENTUS FC SCORES LANDMARK WIN FOR A TM INFRINGEMENT CASE IN THE METAVERSE.

 

By order issued on July 20th, 2022, the Court of Rome has granted an injunction against Blockeras S.r.l. (“Blockeras”) the creator of NFTs portraying images of a football player, reproducing without authorization the registered trademarks owned by Italian football team Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (“Juventus”). This is the first judgement issued by a European court to date, holding that unauthorized reproduction of third-party trademarks in the form of NFTs is tantamount to infringement.

Juventus is the holder of word trademarks JUVE and JUVENTUS, as well as a figurative trademark consisting of the signature black-and-white jersey with two stars.

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