Yuga Labs plans a new logo, as old logo is under a copyright claim

Bored Ape Kennel Club (BAKC) NFT collection team is facing backlash from the Crypto Twitter community over the use of a vector image without permission of the actual owner. 

Yuga Labs is an NFTs project which launched a collection of NFTs on the giant NFTs trade platform OpenSea. This project came into light in 2021 and grabbed huge popularity, later the project team launched an NFT-themed crypto token “ApeCoin”. 

As per reports on behalf of Crypto Twitter users’ investigations, Yuga Labs owned Bored Ape Kennel Club (BAKC) NFT was using a copyrighted logo for its project, without permission from the original artist. 

Initially, that used logo was published by a drawing tutorial platform “Easy Drawing Guides” and shared by the original artist on Twitter, in April 2021. 

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Learn How to Draw a Wolf Skull: Easy Step-by-Step Drawing Tutorial for Kids and Beginners. #Wolf #Skull #drawingtutorial #easydrawing. See the full tutorial at https://t.co/ZFghJCaRwv . pic.twitter.com/Ck0Xys0WfW

— Easy Drawing Guides (@easydrawinguide) April 5, 2021

On 17 Feb 2023, A crypto Twitter user shared this unfair use of copyrighted drawing by the Yuga Labs’ NFT team and noted that they used it without permission.

Bro @BoredApeYC @yugalabs what a fucking joke bahahahahaha you got some explaining to do. 4/5/21 and your kennels came out 6/21 and you went and trademarked this skull. Are you guys ok or have you bumped your heads? https://t.co/HiLFdbnFL5 pic.twitter.com/FJigzJgBr8

— COLOMBO (@Jdotcolombo) February 17, 2023

The original artist, Easy Drawing Guides, also responded and confirmed that Yuga Labs doesn’t have a licence to use the vector logo, which is against the tutorial platform’ terms & conditions for commercial use.

Thanks for bringing this up @Jdotcolombo. @yugalabs doesn't have a license to the wolf skull drawing. The intellectual property rights for the drawing belong to Easy Drawing Guides as it's our original drawing and protected by our Terms and Conditions.

— Easy Drawing Guides (@easydrawinguide) February 17, 2023

Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano also responded on this matter and said that the team had hired a freelancer to draw this logo for its NFTs collection project. Now the team is in contact with that freelancer, who copied the logo, for further investigation. 

Solano also confirmed that the team will change the logo & will give an update on the official website.

Saw the claims today about the BAKC logo. This was news to us and we're still investigating the situation. Have reached out to the freelancer we hired for that design and Easy Drawing Guides. We’ll be changing the logo and updating it on our site / ask marketplaces to change as… https://t.co/OwtflDXehz

— Garga.eth (Greg Solano) (@CryptoGarga) February 18, 2023

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Yuga Labs plans a new logo, as old logo is under a copyright claim

 

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