Yuga Labs settles BAYC trademark lawsuit with Ryder Ripps, ending four-year copycat NFT fight
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Promote with Leviathan NewsYuga had a $9M judgment and still settled after the Ninth Circuit vacated it — both sides treated a jury trial on "NFT consumer confusion" as a coin flip. The Ninth Circuit's ruling stands as caselaw either way: NFTs are trademark-protectable goods under the Lanham Act, and commercial PFP copying gets no First Amendment shield. Derivative projects that leaned on "it's just commentary" as legal cover need new counsel.
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