{"id":79194,"date":"2023-05-23T17:02:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=79194"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:38:03","slug":"grumpy-cat-meme-token-creator-hit-with-copyright-infringement-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/grumpy-cat-meme-token-creator-hit-with-copyright-infringement-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Grumpy Cat meme token creator hit with copyright infringement notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glauber Contessoto, the creator of a Grumpy Cat meme-based token, received an <a href=\\\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/nft\/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e\/25255182742691602014208176915599719490038371429987235854944699893102621491201\\\">NFT copyright-infringement notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The letter states that Grumpy Cat Limited, owner of the &#8216;Grumpy Cat&#8217; trademark, did not authorize or consent to the use of the images for promoting the digital asset.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Later, Contessoto tweeted that all legal issues had been resolved. According to him, the domain and hosting name were changed, and the meme token uses \\&#8221;original images\\&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">All legal issues around <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrumpyCat?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#GrumpyCat<\/a> have finally been resolved! <\/p>\n<p>Positive sentiment and momentum within the community is also growing and the chart reflects this! Let\u2019s go ??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Domain and Hosting name changes <br \/>\u2014 All images are original <br \/>\u2014 Name of project officially $GrumpyCat <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/HwVHYkWrZW\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/HwVHYkWrZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SlumDOGE Millionaire (@ProTheDoge) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProTheDoge\/status\/1660678190107590656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Following this, the official Grumpy Cat account issued a denial of his statement. The copyright holder noted that none of the issues had been resolved, and the token still infringes intellectual property laws.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"zxx\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/8xiw5AL1JC\\\">pic.twitter.com\/8xiw5AL1JC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealGrumpyCat\/status\/1660715304341901313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\&#8221;Don\u2019t trust these scammers and their lies. No legal issues have been resolved. Grumpy Cat Limited will never endorse such fraudulent coins,\\&#8221; wrote the meme creator.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to data <a href=\\\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/token\/0xd8e2d95c8614f28169757cd6445a71c291dec5bf\\\">Etherscan<\/a>, there are currently about 2,904 token holders, with a market capitalization of $5.45 million.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In November 2021, the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2014the author of The Lord of the Rings\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tolkien-heirs-win-ruling-that-jrr-token-infringes-copyright\">prevailed<\/a> in the litigation against the creator of the JRR Token. They were ordered to remove all infringing content and pay court costs.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, it was revealed that the Star Wars stormtrooper helmet collection as art objects from the Art Wars project <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/art-wars-collection-sold-as-nfts-for-nearly-7-million-without-the-artists-knowledge\">were sold as NFTs<\/a> without the artists&#8217; knowledge. The copyright infringers managed to earn $7 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glauber Contessoto, the creator of the Grumpy Cat meme-based token, received an NFT copyright-infringement notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[552,1161],"class_list":["post-79194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-copyright","tag-memes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"33","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79196,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79194\/revisions\/79196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}