Crypto winter is here – What does it mean for insolvency practitioners?

03 August, 2022
The global market in crypto assets is currently experiencing a “crypto winter”, losing approximately US$2 trillion in value since the peak in 2021. In this stormy environment, crypto insolvencies are on the rise. However the rapidly evolving nature of the crypto industry and the complex nature of crypto assets and transactions present unique challenges for insolvency practitioners seeking to resolve or restructure crypto firms. Read more

The IP in NFTs – What is being purchased?

02 August, 2022
As we reported in our first blog post in this series, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a new asset class that is being adopted eagerly across all sectors, raising some interesting challenges from an IP perspective. While NFTs have demonstrated themselves to be a powerful tool in the new digital era, they remain poorly understood, in particular in relation to the rights that are (or are not) transferred on purchase of an NFT. Read more

The Law Commission digital assets consultation – a proposal for property rights reform

29 July, 2022
The Law Commission of England and Wales has published a consultation paper (the Paper) on the recognition and protection of digital assets. The consultation, which closes on 4 November 2022, focuses on the legal treatment of digital assets and recommends law reform to create a third category of personal property – referred to as "data objects" – beyond things (or "choses") in possession (such as physical objects) and things in action (such as contractual rights). Read more

The IP in NFTs – what you need to know

25 July, 2022
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are one of the hottest intellectual property (IP) topics currently. NFTs can be used simply for marketing purposes or as a new form of asset to attract investment or as part of the transfer of products and services into the metaverse. Read more