July 2021

Non-fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property Law: Key Considerations

LexisNexis Practical Guidance®
Daniel J. Barsky

Intellectual Property attorney Daniel Barsky authored a Practical Guidance® article for LexisNexis discussing some of the novel legal issues that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) raise in the area of intellectual property law. He touches on key issues in NFT marketplace user agreements, licenses and copyright ownership considerations. The article also provides an overview of NFT technology and discusses the major NFT marketplace types and how they function, as well as the types of works that have been minted into NFTs.

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