Hello everyone. Thanks for logging in and thanks to the SL Bar Association as well as Kate Fitz for providing respectively the space and CLE accreditation that brings us all here today. We have lots of ground to cover so I think its best that we begin…
Avatars are used in a number of ways, but more and more often avatar names are being used as designations of goods and services in virtual environments so it becomes important for us to analyze the existing structures that support their protection, namely as trademarks under both in common law and federal regimes as well as internationally under publicity and privacy statutes. As the Internet has become a common tool of trade and commerce, the use of avatar names as designations of the source of goods and services has become more commonplace. Today we’ll discuss some issues surrounding the use of avatars as graphic characters, as well as existing protection and enforcement mechanisms.
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