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Technology,
Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 27, 2021

How an NFT is like a $5 milkshake

Hollywood got its first big case about non-fungible tokens last month when Miramax filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles against Quentin Tarantino.

Michael Dore

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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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Zachary Montgomery

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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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How an NFT is like a $5 milkshake
Quentin Tarantino, right, and Uma Thurman, a star of "Pulp Fiction, in New York, Jan. 8, 2020. (New York Times News Service)

Hollywood got its first big case about non-fungible tokens -- aka "NFTs" -- last month when Miramax filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles against Quentin Tarantino. At issue is the famed director's plan to sell portions of his original handwritten "Pulp Fiction" screenplay as NFTs. Miramax alleges that it owns and controls the right to sell NFTs of any version of the film's screenplay. Tarantino asserts that his 1993 contract with the studio expressly reserved Tarant...

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