UPDATED: July 23, 2025, 9:21PM EDT Quick Take The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a mixed ruling in the longstanding case between Yuga Labs, creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, and Ryder Ripps, an artist who intentionally sold copies of the NFTs as “expressive appropriation art.” The court affirmed that the NFTs are “goods” that can receive trademark protection, and rejected many of Ripps’ legal arguments, but vacated the prior $8 million judgment against Ripps and sent the case back to ...