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This article discusses the challenges of intellectual property rights in the world of NFTs, with insights from the Hermes vs. Rothschild lawsuit and other potential cases. While nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have been gaining traction since the start of the year, the hype element is now fading away. More digital artists and creators worldwide are using NFTs to monetize their work with minimal investment, transforming the digital art space. Nevertheless, the blurred lines between artistic expression, plagiarism and trademark infringement have caused legal challenges, as regulations around cryptocurrencies and digital collectibles aren’t cast in stone yet. For example, the Hermes vs. Rothschild lawsuit addressed critical questions about trademark infringement and NFTs. In this case, the popular French luxury design house Hermes sued 28-year-old creator Mason Rothschild over his MetaBirkins collection, which included 100 NFTs featuring digital, fur-covered bags resembling Hermes’ iconic Bir...

Ethereum has adopted PoS and rollups to become faster and more eco-friendly, but now it’s time to focus on enhancing privacy. Public blockchain s provide decentralization and transparency, but they lack on the Privacy side. The anonymity of transactions on blockchain s like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) is steadily losing ground, as transactions and addresses are easily tracked. With KYC imposed on most crypto exchanges, the majority of Blockchain transactions can be traced to their initiators, exposing user activity, holdings, and financial data. Even decentralized finance (DeFi) interactions can be easily monitored by advanced on-chain analysis systems. This is why privacy is just as important as speed and scalability for crypto to reach mainstream acceptance. Average consumers expect at least bank account level privacy to freely transact and RAILGUN is a ZK (Zero-Knowledge) based solution for existing blockchains that provides such wallet-level privacy. The utility of digital as...