Yuga Labs enlists 4 more attorneys, brings total to 8 attorneys, in trademark lawsuit v. Ryder Ripps, Jeremy Cahen
Bored Apes co-founders Wylie Aronow, Greg Solano’s scheduled depositions in lawsuit against Ryder Ripps fail to occur
The court’s order on Jan. 8 anticipated that the Jan. 9 deposition of Aronow might need to be rescheduled (given the shortness of time after the court’s order), but the order seems to anticipate the Jan. 11 deposition of Solano will occur. Well, neither happened.
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Stolen CryptoPunk #3706 is rescued by community and returned to CryptoNovo
Luckily, this incident has a happy ending. Members of the CryptoPunks community banded together to raise funds to buy back the stolen NFT for CryptoNovo.
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Is the origin of the Bored Apes now on trial in Yuga Labs’ lawsuit against Ryder Ripps? The Bored Apes co-founders Wylie Aronow, Greg Solano to be deposed by Ryder Ripps.
As Yuga Labs prepares to mint new NFTs related to “The Trial of Jimmy” in January, its co-founders Wylie Aronow and Greg Solano may be having trials of their own in the form of depositions conducted by Ryder Ripps, the person who has waged a campaign against them alleging that they “are intentionally embedding Nazi dog whistles throughout their project.”
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Download court’s order (PDF) allowing Ryder Ripps to depose Bored Ape co-founders Wylie Aronow on Jan. 9 and Greg Solano on Jan. 11
“Compounding Yuga’s lack of diligence, it failed to respond to several requests by Defendants to discuss deposition scheduling.”
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Ryder Ripps can depose Wylie Aronow, Greg Solano (aka Gordon Goner, Gargamel), co-founders of Yuga Labs, in Bored Apes trademark lawsuit
Now Ryder Ripps can proceed forward in deposing both Wylie Aronow and Greg Solano, the co-founder of Bored Ape Yacht Club.
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Judge Rakoff denies summary judgment in Hermes Int’l trademark lawsuit v. Mason Rothschild: MetaBirkins trial set for Jan. 30, 2023
The Top 10 Web3 NFT Moments in 2022 (by nouNFT)
Top 10 Web3 NFT Moments in 2022 10. The crypto winter decimates NFT sales + crypto 9. Yuga Labs secures $450M seed funding led by a16z 8. Reddit launches 5m NFTs for avatars for users 7. Terra LUNA implodes, causing Cryptocurrency Contagion 6. Yuga Labs sues Ryder Ripps; Ryder Ripps sues Yuga Labs 5. Upstart…
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Ryder Ripps appeals to 9th Circuit the denial of his motion to dismiss Yuga Lab’s trademark lawsuit over “Bored Apes” marks
*COI disclosure: I own two NFTs from Yuga Labs, but not from BAYC.
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