Hermes fashion store. Credit: Tupungato/Adobe Stock 'Be Careful What We Wish For': US Jury Rules for Hermès in Historic MetaBirkin NFT Trademark Trial
The jury began deliberating Monday afternoon and on Wednesday morning awarded $133,000 in net profits and statutory damages to Hermès, represented by Baker & Hostetler.
February 08, 2023 at 06:06 PM
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Intellectual Property
The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
The jury in one of the first intellectual property trials involving non-fungible tokens returned a verdict in favor of the French fashion house Hermès in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, finding that the artist who created "MetaBirkin" NFTs infringed Hermès' trademark for its Birkin handbag.
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