Artiffine Under the Hood: Our Legal Stack
Artiffine's comprehensive suite of legal services covers web3 use cases from A-Z.
Artiffine's comprehensive suite of legal services covers web3 use cases from A-Z.
The Web3 Wild West is a young and evolving space where legal frameworks have yet to be established. Top minds in intellectual property (IP) law are working hard to create and implement standards, and many top-tier NFT projects are starting to take licensing and IP protection very seriously. However, when getting started in the space, it’s often difficult to figure out where your project stands, what IP rights to consider, and who to talk to for help.
That’s where Artiffine comes in. As founding members of the Harvard NFT Task Force and members of CC licenses executive board, we are uniquely qualified to handle licensing, rights clearing, and compliance issues in web3. From standardized services to fully tailor-made and custom integrated legal solutions, our range of services will suit everyone from NFT enthusiasts to enterprise clients, ensuring your web3 endeavors have a solid legal foundation upon which to grow.
The following is a summary of our services and their various tiers. If you don’t see what you’re looking for below, get in touch, and our legal team will get back to you ASAP.
For most projects, it’s essential to survey the legal landscape before launch to understand the various obstacles and potential pitfalls that exist. Our team can give an overview of how your specific project fits into the space, and what to look out for along the way.
Web3 environment legal analysis - for projects looking to enter the web3 space, to analyze how their current business models will meld
Legal-theoretical specifics assessment:
Cryptoproject legal analysis - for cryptoprojects to understand their compliance or lack thereof with existing laws and regulations
Crypto capital agenda:
Implementing NFT licenses is essential to specify what rights you are licensing when you sell an NFT. It is also crucial to understand whether the IP you are licensing is in fact yours to license. Our licensing services range from standard, template-based licenses to base research, rights clearing, and fully tailor-made licenses.
Template use (cleared base) - for clients who have already addressed the IP compliance of their project. Suitable for basic projects of minimal scope (i.e. starting artists selling their own creations and a basic technical solution). Standardized license for the basic use of NFTs
Tailor-made license (cleared base) - for clients who have already addressed the IP compliance of their project. The license implemented is customized according to the specific requirements of the project. Suitable for large projects of unlimited scope (brands, marketplaces).
Base research - investigating and identifying potential IP conflicts for the given project
Rights clearing - for the use of existing, new IP, or third-party content
IP protection
In Europe, complying with GDPR is an absolute must, and in the US, similar restrictions must be adhered to. To understand the risks facing your project and how to avoid them, we offer three tiers of GDPR compliance services:
Basic privacy policy - basic information on the data processing with elaborating on the exercise of the rights of the data subject
GDPR compliance - for legal compliance within the data processing and data subject protection within the project
Full GDPR audit - for full legal compliance of personal data controller (project provider) in the scope of the controller as a whole
Complying with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulations requires projects to verify the identities of their users and take extensive measures to ensure they are not facilitating, for example, illegal financial activities. Understanding both sets of regulations and how to effectively comply with them can be tedious and intimidating. However, our legal team can take care of everything from the most basic disclaimers to complex custom implementations.
Basic assessment - following the general web3 environment and cryptoproject legal analysis
IP clearing scheme - for clearing the position of IP protection and tokenomics (alignment)