New York Times: "Banksy’s attempt to trademark a graffiti image is thrown out" - Sep 17, 2020
Banksy has been stripped of the trademark of his famous Flower Thrower image after a panel of judges ruled he tried “to circumvent the law” by opening a pop-up shop in Croydon, south London last October in a bid to protect his intellectual property rights. The panel also said Banksy’s anonymity undermined his case.
Law360: "Copyright Fight Over Leaked Nicki Minaj Song Headed To Trial" - Sep 17, 2020
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that rapper Nicki Minaj was protected by copyright's fair use doctrine when she privately "experimented" with sampling a song by Tracy Chapman, but left it undecided whether she was legally responsible for the track getting leaked to a radio station.
Courthouse News: "Warhol Transformation of Prince Photo Debated at 2nd Circuit" - Sep 15, 2020
A photographer’s copyright suit over Andy Warhol’s 1984 Prince series appeared to hit the rocks Tuesday at the Second Circuit where one of the judges invoked another of Warhol’s Pop art prints.
Law360: "Tattoo Artist Fights WWE's Bid To Nix Copyright Suit" - Sep 10, 2020
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. shouldn't be given an easy out in a suit claiming they violated a tattoo artist's intellectual property rights by reproducing her designs on the digital avatar of a star wrestler, the artist told an Illinois federal judge Thursday.
Art Newspaper: "Magnum photographer Alec Soth accused of plagiarism by Chicago artist Tonika Johnson" - Sep 9, 2020
The American Magnum photographer Alec Soth has been accused by Tonika Lewis Johnson, a Chicago-based documentary photographer, of copying her trademarked photography series for a New York Times commission.
Art Newspaper: "Will US Congress finally pass anti-money laundering legislation?" - Sep 8, 2020
A recent report by a US Senate Subcommittee declared that the international art market is “the largest, legal unregulated industry in the United States.” And as Congress returns after its August recess, there could be renewed pressure to pass anti-money laundering legislation that has languished over the past year.