Yasamin Parsafar

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Yasamin Parsafar is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm’s San Francisco office and is Lead Associate of the firm’s Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency team.

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NFTs and Intellectual Property: What IP Owners and NFT Creators Need to Know

By James Gatto, Laura Chapman and Yasamin Parsafar on March 25, 2021 Posted in Blockchain

Everything is being tokenized these days, including art, games, collectibles and much more. The record prices being fetched have created an NFT frenzy. This distribution model has created a new channel for monetization of creative IP. Given some of the unique aspects of NFTs, IP owners need to rethink their IP protection and licensing strategies. … Continue Reading

Open Source-ish! What Defines Open Source and Why it Really Matters in Investments and Acquisitions

By James Gatto, Yasamin Parsafar and Mark Patrick on March 10, 2020 Posted in Blockchain

The number of different open source licenses is growing and the variation in their terms and complexity is increasing. A number of licenses that appear to be, or are commonly referred to as “open source” do not actually meet the Open Source Initiative (OSI) definition of “open source.” Thus, they do not appear on the OSI list of approved open source … Continue Reading

Yes, UCANN!

By Yasamin Parsafar on May 1, 2019 Posted in Life Sciences, Patents

Patentees and inventors of cannabis compounds may be happy to learn a district court in Colorado recently held that, based on the record before it, U.S. Patent No. 9,730,911, entitled “Cannabis extracts and methods of preparing and using same,” is not directed to unpatentable natural phenomena. United Cannabis Corporation v. Pure Hemp Collective Inc., No. … Continue Reading