Season 1, Episode 3 – NFTs - Keeping it Legal! (with Jim Gatto)

<p>Jim Gatto is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He is Leader of the Blockchain &amp; Fintech Team, Social Media and Games Team and Open Source Team.</p> <p>Jim leverages his unique combination of nearly 30 years of IP experience, business insights and attention to technology trends to help companies develop IP and other legal strategies that are aligned with their business objectives. His practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property, internet and technology law, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and open source.</p> <p>Jim advises clients of all sizes (startups to Fortune 100 companies) on key legal and business issues relating to the use of social media, video games, social games and online gambling (gamblification), virtual goods and currency, social networks, virtual worlds, mirror worlds, augmented reality, open source user-generated content, location-based services and gamification.</p> <p>He regularly advises internet and social media companies on business and legal strategies relating to virtual goods and virtual currency, developing IP protection and monetization strategies, handling terms of service and end user license agreements, development, licensing and partnership agreements, developing DMCA policies, handling DMCA enforcement, privacy and COPPA policies and much more. Jim advises clients on intellectual property and technology agreements related to ESG and Sustainability. Among other projects, he has advised on use of blockchain for tracking and transferring carbon credits.</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss NFTS. Everything is being tokenized these days, including art, games, collectibles and much more. The record prices being fetched have created an NFT frenzy. This distribution model has created a new channel for monetization of creative IP. Given some of the unique aspects of NFTs, IP owners need to rethink their IP protection and licensing strategies. IP protection strategies should include specific pr