Metaverse & Web 3.0

Advising at the leading-edge of the web

At the core of tech’s great new epoch is an instinct the world of gaming has grasped for years: digital items, tokens and assets should be capable of ownership just like their physical world counterparts. The challenge is to translate this instinct into rights, obligations and legal categories while enabling the metaverse’s huge innovative potential.

With our deep tech sector focus, we have “no qualms about breaking new ground” in this space (GDR 100).

What We Do

With deep sector expertise in frontier tech, we advise on the following areas in Metaverse and Web 3.0:

Web 3.0 product structuring & licensing
NFTs, blockchain & digital ecosystems
GDPR & privacy in the metaverse
IP and ownership issues around digital assets

Our Experience

Here are some examples of our Metaverse & Web 3.0 work:

Advising a holochain-enabled decentralised media & content platform on customer engagement arrangements.

A digital spatial assets brokerage on its core services agreements (covering data preparation, minting, syndication and deployment of tokenised digital spatial assets).

A provider of privacy-enhanced data sharing services based on the Ocean Protocol Foundation’s tokenised NFT on various data and IP licensing issues.

Insight

We publish for our clients and contacts blogs, vlogs and white papers, and hold occasional events and webinars about developments in Tech Law.

Our insight is widely recognised in the market. Who’s Who Legal have named us one of their eight Tech Law though leaders each year since 2017. Click through to our insights page or an article below.

Data Law

International Comparative Legal Guide – Digital Business 2023

Chris Kemp and Eleanor Hobson have contributed to the ICLG’s (International Comparative Legal Guide) Digital Business 2023 publication. This publication …

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Data Law

Smart Data & the DPDI (No. 2) Bill: next steps for Open Data in the UK

1. Introduction. This blog is about the proposals for ‘Smart Data’ legislation in Part 3 of the Data Protection and …

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Data Law

Copyright in Fictional Characters

In a first for UK copyright law, the English High Court recently held that copyright may exist independently in a …

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What our clients say about us

“SITA is the IT provider for the air transport industry. Today, SITA’s solutions drive operational efficiencies at more than 1,000 airports while delivering the promise of the connected aircraft to more than 400 customers on 18,000 aircraft globally. Data is central to SITA’s business, and SITA’s communications network connects every corner of the globe and bridges 60% of the air transport community’s data exchange. Kemp IT Law’s experience and thoughtful advice on all things data are really helpful in leveraging SITA’s unique position to further grow and develop SITA’s data operations.”

“As a top 40 UK law firm, digital transformation is central to Trowers & Hamlins, and Kemp IT Law have provided first class advice and support to the Firm on a number of our key projects.”

“At Shakespeare Martineau we’re constantly investing in the digital transformation of our operations and business. Kemp IT Law specialises in projects for law firms, and we have been working with them on a number of key projects for the firm. We’ve been impressed with their specific experience in law firm IT regulation and contracting – they know the points and what’s market practice and their practical, can do approach has been of real help to us.”

“Supporting the business on our digital transformation is central to us at Foxtons, and it’s been valuable for us to be able to call on Deirdre’s and Richard’s practical and helpful advice on our digital transformation journey.”