Mon 2/13 - Crypto Wells Notice, New Tesla GC, IP Issues for the Bored Ape NFT Creators, and Lawsuits Claim TikTok is Surveilling

In today’s alphabet soup, we’ll be discussing a cryptocurrency firm’s warning from the SEC, Tesla’s new GC, continued IP issues faced by the Bored Ape NFT creator and a lawsuit against TikTok claiming that it is surveilling its users.

• Paxos Receives Wells Notice - https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-firm-paxos-faces-sec-lawsuit-over-binance-usd-token-8031e7a7

• Tesla Taps Big Law to Grow Musk’s ‘Hardcore’ Litigation Team (1) - https://www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/bloomberglawnews/bloomberg-law-news/BNA%2000000185c5b3de89aba5ddf363510001

• Bored Ape NFT Trademark Application Opposed by Alleged Infringer - https://www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/bloomberglawnews/bloomberg-law-news/BNA%20000001863c66de62ada63ffef2da0000

• Does TikTok ‘Wiretap’ Users? Mounting Privacy Suits Press Claim - https://www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/bloomberglawnews/bloomberg-law-news/BNA%2000000186289fddd9a98f28df32300001

• iOS Privacy: Announcing InAppBrowser.com - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser · Felix Krause - https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser

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