Hermès wins landmark lawsuit over ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Joe Miller in New York, Adrienne Klasa in Paris and Cristina Criddle in London ...

Rothschild sold 100 NFTs for $450 each, and he received 7.5% of secondary sales—he estimated he earned roughly $125,000 in total. Hermès sued Rothschild in 2022. He said the NFTs were an ...

Hermes in its lawsuit called Rothschild a “digital speculator” and the NFTs a “get rich quick” scheme. It said Rothschild began offering the NFTs at the Art Basel art fair in Miami in ...

The jury awarded Hermes $133,000 in damages for trademark infringement, dilution, and cybersquatting, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed.

Hermes wins U.S. trademark trial over 'MetaBirkin' NFTs Hermes asks court to block 'MetaBirkin' NFT sales after jury win Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington ...

Hermès, the French luxury brand behind the famously pricey Birkin handbag, scored a legal victory today over a digital artist known as Mason Rothschild, who produced an NFT titled MetaBirkin.

Hermès suggested Rothschild had created the NFTs as a ‘get rich quick’ scheme and claimed he’d sold over $1 million worth (roughly €929,000) of the tokens since December 2021, after their ...

The jury began deliberating Monday afternoon and on Wednesday morning awarded $133,000 in net profits and statutory damages to Hermès, represented by Baker & Hostetler.

The MetaBirkin NFTs, Rothschild argued, should have been considered an "expressive work," and the use of the Birkin trademarks had artistic relevance to the underlying NFT works, ...