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Katie and Steve talk to attorney Emily Poler, founder of Poler Legal, about the recent lawsuit between the iconic French fashion house Hermès and an NFT creator, Mason Rothschild, over Rothschild's "MetaBirkin" NFTs. Hermès claimed that Rothschild infringed Hermès' trademark in the name "Birkin." Hermès prevailed on this claim (and others) in a jury trial earlier this year. Katie, Steve, and Emily discuss the contours of this lawsuit and the reach of trademark law to police fashion brands, copyright's limitations, and trademark law's applicability to artistic expression, especially in the context of NFTs.
Notes for this episode: http://artlawpodcast.com/2023/04/04/fashion-nfts-and-artistic-expression/
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