McDonald’s recently prevailed on personal jurisdiction grounds in a closely-watched case in California about the use of street art as décor for restaurants in the United Kingdom, but the issue has quickly arisen again. As part of what the fast-food giant has clearly decided is a winning branding strategy, the chain’s use of graffiti from New York has now brought the threat of litigation from the so-called Bushwick Collective. Where any such lawsuit gets filed will have a great deal to do with what happens next.
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Topics:
Joseph Tierney,
Netherlands,
Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
Rime,
California,
specific jurisdiction,
17 U.S.C. § 1202,
general jurisdiction,
Moschino,
personal jurisdiction,
Graffiti,
New York,
Dashiell Snow,
McDonald's,
Street Art,
Daimler AG v. Bauman,
Virus,
NDA,
Don Rimx,
Beau Stanton,
Himbad,
United Kingdom,
Atomik,
Bushwick Collective
A recent injunction ruling that prohibited the destruction of the “Bicentennial Freedom Mural” in Corona, California had occasion to consider the rights asserted by the plaintiffs and artists under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), 17 U.S.C. § 106A. The order ultimately granted the injunction but on different grounds, holding that the plaintiffs were unlikely to prevail on their VARA claim.
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Topics:
work of recognized stature,
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles,
555 U.S. 7,
Moral Rights,
United States Army Corps of Engineers,
Cal. Civ. Code §§ 987 and 989,
Inc.,
Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990,
California,
Santa Ana River Mainstem Project,
Pippa Loengard,
54 U.S.C. § 306108,
VARA,
Kernochan Center for Law Media and the Arts,
Corona,
Ronald Kammeyer,
Columbia Law School,
Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate,
Copyright,
Prado Dam,
NHPA,
Administrative Procedure Act,
National Historic Preservation Act,
17 U.S.C. § 106A(a)(3)(A)-(B),
459 F.3d 128,
5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706,
Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council,
SARM
In the course of our work here, I like to call out books and articles that I feel are worthy of praise, usually the in the course of a particular post or issue. After a too-long stay on the corner of my desk awaiting time to read it, I finally finished a book published last year that should be an essential for any collector, or lawyer dealing with clients across borders. Entitled The Art Collecting Legal Handbook (Thomson Reuters), the book is edited by Bruno Boesch and Massimo Sterpi, both notable European practitioners in art and cultural affairs law, at Froriep in London and Studio Legale Jacobacci & Associati in Rome, respectively.
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Topics:
Legislation,
the Middle East,
looted property,
Forgery,
Auctions,
VAT,
Studio Legale Jacobacci & Associati,
authenticity,
London,
Sam Keller,
Julien Anfruns,
droite de suite,
Froriep,
Moral Rights,
Europe,
North America,
Holocaust claims,
California,
Fondation Beyeler,
Howard Kennedy FSI,
Thomson Reuters,
Asia,
Rome,
Restitution,
International Council of Museums,
Massimo Sterpi,
United States,
World War II,
Sabina von Arx,
1970 UNESCO Convention,
Morgan Stanley,
Art Fairs,
Publications,
Litigation,
due diligence,
Immunity from Seizure Act,
Museums,
Bruno Boesch,
1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Ex,
Daniel McClean,
New York
