French design brand Hermes won a U.S. trademark trial over an artist's copycat versions of its famous Birkin bags.

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 Hermes Wins NFT Birkin Lawsuit

Elsewhere, a federal jury ruling that an artist who made n. F. T versions of one of the world's most expensive bags violated trademark rights, the jury saying that artists Mason Rothschild's meta Birkins digital versions of Hermes, famous Birkin bags are not artistic commentary and not protected by the First Amendment. The jury awarding Army's $133,000 in damages kind of a line I drop in the bucket there, but the case setting an important precedent for n. F. T. Creators and intellectual property rights for digital tokens.