article thumbnail

When is an artist entitled to refuse attribution of an artwork? Italian Supreme Court provides (final) guidance in long-running dispute over Jeff Koons’s The Serpents

The IPKat

There, it was presented as an original Koons artwork of which three copies exist. Garrone subsequently contacted Koons several times (in 1997, 2007 and 2009) in order to obtain a declaration of authenticity from him and thus sell the artwork. Subsequently, the sculpture was shipped to Italy and held at customs in Milan.

Artwork 94
article thumbnail

Unclear student guide not enough to constitute authorisation to use short film still

The IPKat

Facts Mr T trained as an editor at a film and audiovisual school run by ECAR CAMPUS from 2009 to 2011. In the end, in the absence of any valid authorisation for use, the court was able to hold that the reproduction of the image from the short film ‘Rêve d'enfants’ constituted an infringement of Mr T's economic rights.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

WIPIP Session 8 (copyright)

43(B)log

President Ford couldn’t prevent others from copying bare historical facts. c) does grant authors “rights in something he created” and that “already belong to him” at common law and is taken after a few short years from him and his heirs. Natural or moral right to own fruit of labors. She doesn’t think those are the same.

article thumbnail

Just Humor Them: Jests, Jokes, Satire, and Parody In Infringement and Defamation Cases

LexBlog IP

’ [Simon Carty, Review Of The Defamation Act 2009 ]. Conversely, in Ireland, the Defamation Act 2009 did not expressly provide a “defence in the act of artistic expression, certainly no defence for comedic output or satiric commentary,” according to Simon Carty. .” According to the cert. ’” Cert.