With the growing universe of blockchain based systems and applications, legal questions associated with this technology emerge and require consideration (ideally) before substantial sums are invested. In this blog series related to blockchain, we have covered a number of legal aspects (such as Starting an Initial Token Offering (ITO, also called Initial Coin Offering or ICO) – Things to consider and Blockchain for Patents – Patents for Blockchain) already.

This blogpost is about copyright in the blockchain environment.

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The regional trademark offices in the Middle East, including the local UAE trademark office, receive thousands of trademark applications on a yearly basis. The ratio of approved and registered trademarks has been increasing significantly over the last few years, due to a less conservative examination approach that has been in place. This has effectively increased the number of registered trademarks, resulting in more controversial newly registered trademarks in the market.
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Hence it would be essential […]