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How one company is helping brands take down counterfeit NFTs
How one company is helping brands take down counterfeit NFTs

Tech start-up CounterFind has launched what it describes as “the first automated solution for removing counterfeit NFTs”.

First sale defence bars trademark infringement where trademarked component is adequately disclosed
First sale defence bars trademark infringement where trademarked component is adequately disclosed

In this dispute over the use of ‘Bluetooth’ marks in cars containing Bluetooth-equipped head units, the Ninth Circuit held that the first sale doctrine applies when a trademarked product is incorporated into a new product.

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