From the January 2022 Newsletter
Spencer Elden v. Nirvana, L.L.C., et al., No. 2:21-cv-06836 (C.D Cal. 2021) (Jan. 3, 2022) The plaintiff, Spencer Elden, earlier sued the band Nirvana, for use...
From the August 2021 Newsletter
United States Vincent Sicre de Fontdrune, et. al., v. Alan Wofsy, (Ct. App. 9th) (July 13, 2022) D.C. No. 5:13-cv-05957- EJD In the 1930’s, Christian...
From the July 2021 Newsletter
United States Vincent Sicre de Fontdrune, et. al., v. Alan Wofsy, (Ct. App. 9th) (July 13, 2022) D.C. No. 5:13-cv-05957- EJD In the 1930’s, Christian...
From the December 2020 Newsletter
United States U.S. v. Harold Gordon, No. 3:19-cr-00028 (D. Conn. Sept. 30, 2020). Art and antiquities dealer Harold Gordon, has pleaded guilty to crafting a forgery of a...
From the November 2020 Newsletter
United States teamLab Inc v. Museum of Dream Space et al., No. 2:19-cv-6906 (C.D. Cal. filed Aug. 8 2019). teamLab, an interdisciplinary art collective headquartered in Tokyo, Japan,...
From the October 2020 Newsletter
United States Alexander v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., No. 18-cv-966 (S.D. Ill. March 18, 2020). In this copyright infringement lawsuit stemming from the reproduction of Alexander’s tattoo art...
From the September 2020 Newsletter
United States Bell et al. v. The Hershey Co. et al., No. 1:20-cv-03331 (E.D.N.Y. filed on July 24, 2020). Brooklyn-based artist Andrew Bell is suing chocolate manufacturer Hershey, following...
From the August 2020 Newsletter
United States Firooz Zahedi v. Miramax, LLC et al., No. 2:20-CV-04512 (C.D. Cal. filed on May 19, 2020). Iranian photographer Firooz Zahedi, represented by Doniger...
From the July 2020 Newsletter
United States United States v. Philbrick, No. 1:20-MJ-04507 (S.D.N.Y. filed Apr. 30, 2020). On April 30, 2020, a complaint was filed in the Southern District of New York charging Inigo...
From the June 2020 Newsletter
United States Silvain v. Christie’s Inc., No. 5:20-cv-01608 (N.D. Cal. filed on Mar. 4, 2020). Christian Silvain, a self-taught artist based in Belgium, acquired proper copyright registration for...
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