{"id":376664,"date":"2023-02-20T13:19:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=376664"},"modified":"2023-07-12T09:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T09:42:06","slug":"did-bored-ape-yacht-club-steal-their-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/did-bored-ape-yacht-club-steal-their-logo","title":{"rendered":"Did Bored Ape Yacht Club Steal Their Logo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yuga Labs, the company behind the flagship NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Club<\/a> (BAYC), has been accused of stealing intellectual property and selling it as a part of its collection. What’s more? This isn’t the first time for BAYC to fall into the courts of justice.<\/p>\n

Yuga Labs Stole Their Popular Wolf Skull Logo- A Drawing Company Claims Rights<\/b><\/h2>\n

NFTs, since their inception, have been sold as a solution for unauthorized replication and misuse of intellectual property; protecting artists by giving them complete ownership over their art. But recently, a pioneering company behind one of the most popular blockchain projects has been accused of illegally obtaining a trademark for a “drawing”, made for children and beginners.<\/p>\n

What if we told you that the iconic wolf skull logo shares a strong position in BAYC’s identity, and was stolen from a company that specializes in drawing tutorials for children and beginners? Easy Drawing Guides, the company behind the actual wolf skull artwork, has claimed ownership of the logo after insisting that Yuga Labs has no right to use the logo for their NFT collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This misuse of this intellectual property was brought to attention by an NFT artist by the name of “Colombo” on Twitter, who questioned BAYC about the legitimacy of ownership of the logo, saying “you got some explaining to do. 4\/5\/21 and your kennels came out 6\/21 and you went and trademarked this skull. Are you guys ok or have you bumped your heads?<\/p>\n

It’s been over a year and a half since BAYC has been displaying the artwork as their own. Having launched on June 17 with a limited collection of 9,602 NFTs displaying the alleged stolen wolf skull.<\/p>\n

Easy Drawing Guides Clears the Confusion <\/b><\/h2>\n

Easy Drawing Guides has responded to the matter by saying that Yuga Labs wasn’t authorized to use the wolf skull drawing and that it was an exclusive property of the company. Not only did Yuga Labs falsely use the drawing, but it also went a step ahead and trademarked the digital property as its own.<\/p>\n

In a clarifying statement, Easy Drawings Guides stated that “The intellectual property rights for the drawing belong to Easy Drawing Guides as it’s our original drawing and protected by our Terms and Conditions.”<\/p>\n

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Thanks for bringing this up @Jdotcolombo<\/a>. @yugalabs<\/a> doesn't have a license to the wolf skull drawing. The intellectual property rights for the drawing belong to Easy Drawing Guides as it's our original drawing and protected by our Terms and Conditions.<\/p>\n

— Easy Drawing Guides (@easydrawinguide) February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n