๐Ÿ”ฅYuga Labs and Artist Ryder Ripps Reach Settlement Over Trademark Dispute


According to The Block, BAYC developer Yuga Labs has reached a settlement with conceptual artist Ryder Ripps and his business partner Jeremy Cahen over a long-standing trademark dispute. Court documents indicate that the parties have agreed to a settlement regarding the claims, though the details have not been publicly disclosed. Ripps is officially prohibited from using Yuga Labs' branding visual elements and trademarks in the future. Yuga filed a lawsuit against Ripps and Cahen in 2022, accusing them of creating a so-called parody project using the same images and ape characters from the original NFT series. Ripps argued that his RR/BAYC project constitutes "expressive appropriation art" protected under the First Amendment, but the case...
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