Retailers are leveraging the metaverse to transform the shopping experience, drive customer engagement and loyalty, and unlock new business opportunities. This Crowell & Moring's report delves into the legal challenges that retailers face as they move into virtual and augmented reality, from ownership of digital assets to data privacy concerns.
GLOCrowell & Moring has published Retail in the Metaverse and Beyond, a collection of insights for corporate counsel and executives in the retail industry. The compendium of Crowell’s latest analyses explores the legal challenges that retailers face as they move deeper into virtual and augmented reality, from ownership of digital assets to data privacy concerns, as well as the best practices that will help them navigate the road ahead.
Retail in the Metaverse and Beyond features a compendium of articles authored by Crowell lawyers, including insights featured in outlets like Corporate Counsel, Total Retail, MediaPost, Law360, Bloomberg, World Trademark Review, and more.
Articles include:
- Three Key Challenges for Companies Entering the Metaverse
- Copyright in the Metaverse: What Advertisers Need to Know
- Privacy and Cybersecurity for Retailers in the Metaverse
- Cases Show Real-World Laws Likely Apply in Metaverse
- A Walk Through the Metaverse for Corporate Counsel
- AI, IP, and the Metaverse
- ESG in the Metaverse: An Opportunity to Rethink Sustainability
- Will Web3 and the Metaverse Give Rise to Brand Guidelines 3.0?
- Privacy and Cybersecurity Considerations for Artificial Intelligence in The Metaverse
- Expanding the Runway: Fashion and the Metaverse
- Brands, How Well-Versed Are You in the Metaverse?
“We drew on the longstanding retail industry experience of lawyers from across our firm in order to create this interdisciplinary collection of articles that we hope will serve as a useful resource for companies to better protect their brands’ digital assets, leverage the metaverse to grow their business, and, ultimately, prepare for the virtual road ahead,” Chakrabarti said.
For more insights on the metaverse and to subscribe to Crowell’s future publications and event invitations on topics in this area, visit www.crowell.com/metaverse. Follow our team as we discuss all things metaverse, including how companies are navigating issues like advertising, anti-money laundering, brand protection, corporate transactions, cryptocurrency, financial regulation, intellectual property, privacy and cybersecurity, white collar and regulatory enforcement, and more. Join the conversation with #RetailInTheMetaverse.
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