The Seventh Session of the WIPO Conversation taking place on March 29 and 30, 2023 will have a look on wide spectrum of frontier technologies enabling the metaverse, such as AI, blockchain and the NFTs, emerging AR and VR technologies, the Internet of Things and data processing and discuss the challenges the metaverse poses to the existing IP system.

Scott Mckinney will speak as part of the panel "Jurisdiction and enforcing IP rights in the Metaverse" on March 30. NFT sneakers and handbags have shone spotlight on IP disputes in the Metaverse. This panel will provide background and overview of the ongoing litigation. It will also discuss issues of NFT reminting, counterfeits, deep fakes and IP and focus on how to shape protection and enforcement mechanisms in the Metaverse. In a virtual world built on intangible assets and more and more complex IP landscapes there is much larger scope for disputes. The panel will explore dispute resolution mechanisms that may have a role to play in resolving some of these issues and providing legal certainty.