Legal Regulation of Design Objects in Metaverse

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The article reveals the features of the implementation of intellectual rights in the «metaverse» in the context of modern international law, along with the issues of intellectual property protection for objects of design creativity in the context of the development of digital commerce using NFT (non-fungible tokens). The main concepts and models of already existing «metaverses», as well as NFT technology in relation to design objects in cyberspace, trends in the development of «metavers» built on the integration of virtual design objects and rights to them and already known cases of intellectual property infringement in connection with the use of NFT on objects of design creativity are investigated. The author considers the possibility of preventing new types of offenses against design objects in virtual and real space in Russia, taking into account the needs of the domestic modern market of goods and services and to strengthen the development of creative industries.

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Samira A. Dzhendubaeva

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Email: dsa252@ya.ru
post-graduate Moscow, Russian Federation

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