Case Review: Louis Vuitton v. Takashi Murakami

March 9, 2010

From KATSU's Remember the Future, 2015. Source: http://theholenyc.com/2015/01/02/katsu/

“They may not have realized it, but the folks who snapped up as much as $4-million worth of limited-edition prints by artist Takashi Murakami two years ago at the special Louis Vuitton boutique inside his exhibition at L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art apparently were getting nicely mounted handbags — minus the snaps and straps.”

Read all (SOME) about it: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-vuitton23-2009apr23,0,6238759.story

Update: The case was settled in 2011: https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2011-03-04/clint-arthur-settles-lawsuit-against-louis-vuitton-over-moca-sale-of-limited-edition-murakami-art