{"id":3983,"date":"2023-02-20T19:26:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T19:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/yuga-labs-faces-accusations-of-ip-theft-over-trademark-of-bayc-wolf-skull-logo\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T19:26:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T19:26:22","slug":"yuga-labs-faces-accusations-of-ip-theft-over-trademark-of-bayc-wolf-skull-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/yuga-labs-faces-accusations-of-ip-theft-over-trademark-of-bayc-wolf-skull-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuga Labs Faces Accusations of IP Theft Over Trademark of BAYC Wolf Skull Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yuga Labs, <a href=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/bored-ape-yacht-club-the-avatar-collectibles-with-the-biggest-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)<\/a> creator, has found itself in the middle of another controversy. This time, the company has been accused of IP theft for allegedly illegally trademarking its BAKC wolf skull logo. Reportedly, Easy Drawing Tutorial, a company focusing on drawing tutorials for children, originally released the logo in April 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s all you need to know about the IP theft allegations against Yuga Labs:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96953\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96953\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-scaled.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-100x56.jpg.webp 100w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-150x84.jpg.webp 150w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-450x253.jpg.webp 450w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96953\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-scaled.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-100x56.jpg.webp 100w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-150x84.jpg.webp 150w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-450x253.jpg.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Yuga Labs BAKC wolf skull logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BAKC-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easy Drawing Tutorial\u2019s original image and BAKC\u2019s logo. Credit: COLOMBO\/Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span id=\"Yuga_Labs_accused_of_IP_theft_What_happened\"><b>Yuga Labs accused of IP theft: What happened?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAYC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/collection\/bored-ape-kennel-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bored Ape Kennel Club<\/a> collection, launched on June 17, 2021, features a wolf skull on its logo. On November 15, 2021, Yuga Labs applied to trademark the logo. However, the logo has a striking resemblance to the wolf skull drawing by Easy Drawing Tutorial. In fact, the company posted an image of the drawing on Twitter, three months before Yuga Labs released BAKC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The similarity was first spotted by the Twitter user, Colombo. Taking notice of the tweet, the drawing\u2019s original creator, Easy Drawing Tutorial responded:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThanks for bringing this up @Jdotcolombo. @yugalabs doesn\u2019t have a license to the wolf skull drawing. The intellectual property rights for the drawing belong to Easy Drawing Guides as it\u2019s our original drawing and protected by our Terms and Conditions.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Yuga_Labs_to_change_the_BAKC_logo\"><b>Yuga Labs to change the BAKC logo<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Colombo\u2019s tweet from February 17 started getting attention, Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano released a statement the following day. In a tweet, Solano said that the claims were \u201cnews\u201d to the team. The team has also reached out to the freelancer who created the logo, as well as Easy Drawing Tutorial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ll be changing the logo and updating it on our site \/ ask marketplaces to change as well,\u201d Solano added. \u201cThis collection was meant from the start to be about raising money for charity and I\u2019m proud of the fact that BAKC raised over $1m for animal charities.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-text__subscribe\">\n<div id=\"mlb2-5802138\" class=\"ml-form-embedContainer ml-subscribe-form ml-subscribe-form-5802138\">\n<div class=\"ml-form-align-center\">\n<div class=\"ml-form-embedWrapper embedForm\">\n<div class=\"ml-form-embedBody ml-form-embedBodyHorizontal row-form\">\n<div class=\"ml-form-embedContent\" style=\"\">\n<h4><span id=\"Join_Our_New_To_The_Moon_daily_Newsletter\">Join Our New &#8220;To The Moon&#8221; daily Newsletter<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Get our free, 5 minutes daily newsletter. 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